Ep. 392: Early Hegel Elevates Reason (Part Two)
From The Partially Examined Life by Mark Linsenmayer
June 1, 2026 · 50 min
About this episode
The episode discusses Hegel's views on beauty, the ontological argument, and Kant's synthetic a priori claims.
Continuing on Faith and Knowledge (1802), Ch. 1 and 2. We start off by discussing how beauty might give us a window into things-in-themselves according to the Romantics, who were in part following Kant's lead. Also, what version of the ontological argument for the existence of God does Hegel believe? We try to figure out what Hegel is praising in Kant's positing of synthetic a priori claims, and yet how he thinks Kant didn't understand the implications of this view. Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com . Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion. Sponsors: Don't get caught running yesterday's security on today's web: visit nordlayer.com/browser . Get a $1/month e-commerce trial at shopify.com/pel.
People in this episode
Host: Mark Linsenmayer
Topics covered
- Hegel
- Romanticism
- ontological argument
- Kant
- synthetic a priori claims
- beauty
- philosophy
Keywords
- Hegel
- Kant
- ontological argument
- synthetic a priori
- beauty
- philosophy
- Romanticism
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Books & works: Faith and Knowledge
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