Hegel’s Souls

Aristotle, Kant, and the Climax of Life

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ID22134158
AuthorsAntonios Kalatzis (0000-0002-4519-6380, University of Ioannina, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume10
Issue4
Pages92
Publication date2025-08-16
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2409-9287 • E-ISSN: 2409-9287
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/philosophies10040092
OpenAlexW4413306446
LanguageEN
References cited24

The article aspires to delineate Hegel’s appropriation of Aristotle’s concept of soul in post-Kantian European Philosophy. It showcases the way that Hegel fuses central aspects of Aristotle’s theory and Kant’s account of inner purposiveness in order to deliver a hierarchical account of vegetative-, animal-, and human organisms. The article is divided in six parts. The first part offers an introduction to the subject matter. The second part delivers an overall account of the way that Hegel reconstructs Aristotle’s general theory of the soul and fuses it with Kant’s theory of inner purposiveness. The third part highlights Hegel’s distinctive argumentative strategy for delivering a unified, atemporal account of the connection between the various natural realms, both inorganic and organic. Parts four, five and six proceed to his theory of vegetative-, animal- and human life respectively, while showcasing the underlying logic and the upshot of Hegel’s developmental account of these three kinds of life qua soul

Art · Climax · Epistemology · Hegelianism · Linguistics · Literature · Psychoanalysis · Theology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Psychology

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