Tag: utopia
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August 2, 2024
Thanks to 2023 HMU Fellow in Ideas Chad Greene for today’s post.
“We’re on a road to nowhere”?
Why was that line – seemingly depressing on a surface level – so inspiring to me that I unexpectedly found myself on my feet in front of the TV in my living room, dancing, singing, and even crying?
During my 2023 Fellowship in Ideas at Harrison Middleton University,
December 25, 2015
Today, the day that celebrates the birth of Jesus, presents the perfect opportunity to continue our discussion of utopia. To catch up on past conversations, visit the last blog posts about Utopia here: (Universal Spirit and Utopia or Imperfect Ideal ).
“Looking for Paradise”, a song by Alejandro Sanz and Alicia Keys, grounds today’s discussion. Feel free to listen while reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRFegcmOTPE.
November 13, 2015
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel posits the idea of a universal spirit in his Philosophy of History. He bases his idea off of various historical accounts of specific civilizations, which found the backbone structure of this universal spirit. A focus on the general patterns of history grants an enlarged view of what society (as a structure) wants. The attainment of these desires can be achieved only through trial and error.