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Hegel Haven

A philosophical digest.

Little Dove is a philosopher. He works on the relationship between 'death of God' theology and unsolved scientific problems, especially in medical science, and especially in relation to autism.

He wrote his thesis on the dialectical hermeneutic of contradiction.

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Essential Books

Climax of Western Thinking

Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Basic Outline, Part I: Science of Logic by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Hegel's Philosophy of Nature by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Secondary Literature on Hegel

I recommend starting with Ivan Ilyin's book on Hegel, which is a highly accessible and exciting overview. Then go to Mure's introduction, which is bit more technical (click the cover for a PDF). Also, read Magee's "Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition" to learn about the historical context of Hegel's work.

The Philosophy of Hegel as a Doctrine of the Concreteness of God and Humanity by Ivan Ilyin An Introduction to Hegel by G.R.G. Mure Hegel andthe Hermetic Tradition by Glenn Alexander Magee Hegel and Aristotle by Alfredo Ferrarin Hegel's Anthropology: Life, Psyche, and Second Nature by Allegra de Laurentiis Hegel, Heidegger, and the Ground of History by Michael Allen Gillespie The Search for Historical Meaning: Hegel and the Postwar American Right

Ancient Philosophy and Christianity

Aristotle had a greater influence on Hegel than anyone else. So much so, that Hegel's Encyclopedia may be called 'Aristotle 2.0'.

A Presocratics Reader by Hackett Publishing The Complete Works of Plato, translated by John M. Cooper Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume One, edited by Jonathan Barnes Douay-Rheims Bible The Gnostic Bible, edited by Barnstone & Meyer Elements of Theology by Proclus On Being and Essence by Thomas Aquinas

Modern Philosophy and Mysticism

Hegel called Böhme "the first German philosopher." He also said that Descartes "restored the unity of man." They are indispensable, as are Berkeley and Kant.

The Philosophical Writings of Descartes, Volume II, translated by John Cottingham, Robert Stoothoff, and Dugald Murdoch Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous by George Berkeley Critique of the Power of Judgment by Immanuel Kant The Science of Logic by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Elements of the Philosophy of Right by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Lectures on the History of Philosophy by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Materialism, Nihilism, and the Murder of God

The thinkers in this section rage against God, and send the West plunging headfirst into nihilism. These thinkers have a decidedly unhappy consciousness. They celebrate the willful ignorance of Spirit. The divine is here repudiated. For these highly influential thinkers, religion has no real meaning. Derrida is Satanism for the people.

Basic Writings of Nietzsche, translated by Walter Kaufmann The Portable Nietzsche, translated by Walter Kaufmann The Freud Reader, edited by Peter Gay Being and Time by Martin Heidegger, translated by John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson Ulysses by James Joyce Écrits by Jacques Lacan, translated by Bruce Fink The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: The Ethics of Psychoanalysis

Interregnum: Hesitation Before the Resurrection of God

Here we find thinkers emerging from the nihilistic anti-tradition who are becoming dimly aware of God's return. However, unlike those in the next section, these thinkers still oscillate between left and right. For example, Stiegler foreshadows Hillary Clinton in mocking the intelligence of Trump and Le Pen supporters. And Žižek, with all his perversions and obscenities, is like Trump, making fun of liberals. We do not yet find the sweet certainty of truth and love, which is only possible once the left-right dichotomy is fully overcome through theosis, or Becoming-God. These works make an advance on those of the previous section, but there is still some Satanism lurking here and there.

Identity and Difference by Martin Heidegger, translated by John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson Of Spirit: Heidegger & the Question by Jacques Derrida Profanations by Giorgio Agamben The Sublime Object of Ideology by Slavoj Žižek The Ticklish Subject by Slavoj Žižek The Fragile Absolute by Slavoj Žižek Decadence of Industrial Democracies by Bernard Stiegler Uncontrollable Societies of Disaffected Individuals: Disbelief and Discredit by Bernard Stiegler The Lost Spirit of Capitalism: Disbelief and Discredit, Volume 3 by Bernard Stiegler The Great Awakening vs the Great Reset by Alexander Dugin

Perennialism and the Resurrection of God

God is the Concept, the Term. We have to go back to term logic, or else we will commit suicide as a species. Here at last we find the return of traditionalism and the perennial Idea. But thought must now contend with a terrible foe: nihilism. Love rages against the dying of the light. Meaning and purpose are enthusiastically affirmed by science and wisdom. Deconstruction is the anti-thinking that now openly declares war on all that is sacred and holy.

Reign of Quantity and the Sign of the Times by Rene Guenon Man and his Becoming According to the Vedanta by Rene Guenon The Transcendent Unity of Religions by Frithjof Schuon To Have a Center by Frithjof Schuon Remembering in a World of Forgetting by William Stoddart

Bonus: Political Philosophy & Politics

History of Political Philosophy by Leo Strauss Multiculturalism and the Politics of Guilt: Toward a Secular Theocracy by Paul Gottfried Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick Deneen The Age of Entitlement by Christopher Caldwell The Real Anthony Fauci By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.