Sophie’s World
Hegel
1. Write a brief biography of Georg Wilhelm Hegel’s life.
2. What did Hegel mean by world spirit?
3. Why, for Hegel, are there “no eternal truths, no timeless reason?” (p. 358)
Explain as fully as possible in your own words.
4. Why does Alberto answer “yes” to Sophie’s question, “Does that mean that Kant’s
philosophy is nevertheless more right than Plato’s?” (p. 360)
5. Explain the dialectic process (include definitions of thesis, antithesis, synthesis)