Questions on Hegel’s Logic1. Is Hegel's logic a transcendental ontology? Explain Hegel's metaphysical concept of the Absolute mind or idealism or spirit. Select one of the components of the aspects of reality he discusses and explain it. How valid does this seem to you? How valid does this seem to you? How valid is the concept of the spirit of the people? Find examples from today's world to either support or contradict this idea. 2. How did Hegel apply his dialectic concept (thesis, antithesis, synthesis) to history in general and to German history in particular? Some say Hegel used the method of: thesis-antithesis-synthesis (triplicity),and others deny this. Who is correct?3. We have read only a few selections by Kant and Hegel, but what similarities and differences can you find in the two philosophers' way of examining individual consciousness or identity?4. What is the process of the dialectic as used by Hegel? How does this differ from Plato's dialectic? What does Hegel mean by "dialectic" with regard to Spirit? Why is Hegel's philosophy focused on "reconciliation" of opposites?Questions on Hegel’s History and Politics1. For Hegel, what is the essential purpose of history? What means brings about this purpose? In what formis this purpose ultimately realized? How does Hegel account for “development” and progress in history, in contrast to the stable state of “nature”? Didn't Hegel say the modern age is the End of History? Who were the main influences on Hegel's philosophy?2. In reading about Hegel's early attempts to formulate a conception of recognition and of ethical life, what general philosophical assumptions or claims do you find to be most problematic? For example, are theredubious metaphysical or epistemological ideas animating his theoretical claims? Do you see anything about the ideas of recognition he is trying to develop that are essentially tied to such problematic assumptions or claims? 3. Who were the main influences on Hegel's theology? Didn't Hegel see the history of Philosophy coming to its conclusion with himself alone? How would an origin myth (like the Christian Genesis) fit into Hegel's system of recorded history? Why? How does Hegel defend subjective morality against being trampled by the goals of history? What are the main characteristics of Hegel's three major types of written history?4. What is the difference between the social contract (or "negative freedom") model of the State and Hegel's own model of it? What is the importance of religion for the State, in Hegel's view? Didn't Hegel say that the State is Divine, or even that the State is God? Between the individual and the state, which does Hegel feel should be superior if our goal is to achieve human happiness? Why? Explain your view. How is Hegel's view in opposition to those who view community (society/state) as a restriction of natural freedom? 5. Doesn't Hegel's dictum, "Reality is Rational," oblige us to accept War, Atrocity and Injustice? What is the importance of the master-slave relationship to Hegel? What does it mean to you? Didn't Hegel say that the Master/Slave relationship is the eternal relationship of humanity? Wasn't Hegel a Euro-centric writer who saw all non-European cultures as inferior or deficient? Wasn't Hegel a lackey of the Prussian Monarchy? Wasn't Hegel a German nationalist? Didn't Hegel glorify War?6. What is the process of the dialectic as used by Hegel? How does this differ from Plato's dialectic? Explain the concepts of organicism and historicism. What is your opinion of Hegel's views on freedom and alienation? Explain how he is correct or not.7. In reading about Hegel's early attempts to formulate a conception of recognition and of ethical life, what general philosophical assumptions or claims do you find to be most problematic? For example, are theredubious metaphysical or epistemological ideas animating his theoretical claims? Do you see anything about the ideas of recognition he is trying to develop that are essentially tied to such problematic assumptions or