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A 10 page paper that discusses Hegel's The Philosophy of History and Tocqueville's Democracy in America. The focus of the paper is what each author said about politics and religion. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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reports that Rome had crushed the gods. Hegel states that Rome was in a very serious state because they had abandoned God and were searching for something of meaning for
the society or more specifically, for the world. They believed they could gain satisfaction and that could be attained only "in the inner man, the Soul" (p. 318). This
would lead them to "a higher Spiritual World" (p. 318). Hegel refers to Rome as "the Fate that crushed down all god and all genial life in its hard service"
(p. 318). He equates Rome at the time as the place of birth and the pain that was felt as "the travail-throes of another and higher Spirit" (p. 318). This
would be actualized with the birth of Christianity. The higher Spirit, however required both "reconciliation and emancipation of the Spirit" (p. 319). Religion was at the heart of the
Roman empire when Constantine the Great became king. Other Christian rulers followed and Christian principles were incorporated into the laws and practices. Remember, at that time, the Roman Empire was
the entire world so Christianity spread and pagan idols were forbidden. Following wars and a number of other social and political events, Christianity became dominant in the Eastern part of
the Roman Empire. As such, it was a political power. Hegel seems to be suggesting that God can be Spirit only if the Triune God is recognized and known. Hegel
says this is the starting point of history. He compares the Christian belief with that of the Greeks, whose law or understanding of the Spirit was summed up in one
phrase, "Man, know thyself" ((p. 319). The Greek understanding of Spirit was mingled with Nature and what was Natural in the world. The Greeks did not include the element
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