Goethe and Hegel: Faust and the Phenomenology of Spirit
Abstract
Goethe and Hegel knew each other well from 1803 until the end of their lives in 1831/32. As is known, Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) contains a section that implicitly responds to Goethe’s Faust. The present article analyzes this response and then uses it as a springboard for a broader investigation of the philosophical relationship between Goethe and Hegel, including a hitherto overlooked critical reply by Goethe to Hegel in Faust II.
Abstract
Goethe and Hegel knew each other well from 1803 until the end of their lives in 1831/32. As is known, Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) contains a section that implicitly responds to Goethe’s Faust. The present article analyzes this response and then uses it as a springboard for a broader investigation of the philosophical relationship between Goethe and Hegel, including a hitherto overlooked critical reply by Goethe to Hegel in Faust II.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Abbreviations VII
- Introduction 1
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Part I: Goethe, Faust, and the Power of Tragedy
- Goethe on Tragedy 11
- Philosophy of Tragedy: Schiller and Hölderlin 37
- Goethe and Hegel: Faust and the Phenomenology of Spirit 63
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Part II: Art, Meaning, and Aesthetic Formation
- Artworks as Organic Wholes: A Goethean and Hegelian Concept of Art 85
- Transparency and Enigma in the Age of Goethe 115
- Sentimental Symbolism in Goethe’s “Alexis und Dora” 139
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Part III: Nature and the Divine
- Beautiful Creatures: Schiller and Goethe on Animal Freedom 165
- Goethe’s Demonic Idealism and Elective Affinities 181
- The Problem of God in Goethe’s Gott und Welt 197
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Part IV: Imagination, Memory, and Becoming in the Age of Goethe
- Intuition and Comprehension: Productive Imagination in Fichte and Goethe 225
- Experiments in Becoming 245
- Rhythms of Memory: The Mnemosyne Palimpsest 269
- Contributors 293
- Index 297
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Abbreviations VII
- Introduction 1
-
Part I: Goethe, Faust, and the Power of Tragedy
- Goethe on Tragedy 11
- Philosophy of Tragedy: Schiller and Hölderlin 37
- Goethe and Hegel: Faust and the Phenomenology of Spirit 63
-
Part II: Art, Meaning, and Aesthetic Formation
- Artworks as Organic Wholes: A Goethean and Hegelian Concept of Art 85
- Transparency and Enigma in the Age of Goethe 115
- Sentimental Symbolism in Goethe’s “Alexis und Dora” 139
-
Part III: Nature and the Divine
- Beautiful Creatures: Schiller and Goethe on Animal Freedom 165
- Goethe’s Demonic Idealism and Elective Affinities 181
- The Problem of God in Goethe’s Gott und Welt 197
-
Part IV: Imagination, Memory, and Becoming in the Age of Goethe
- Intuition and Comprehension: Productive Imagination in Fichte and Goethe 225
- Experiments in Becoming 245
- Rhythms of Memory: The Mnemosyne Palimpsest 269
- Contributors 293
- Index 297