While reading I had similar concerns to the other people who posted before me. Hegel contends that history unfolds according to the "'plan' of Providence." As Alyssa noted, there are many events in history which seem contradictory with a sense of Providence from an All-Good God. Why is it necessary for Hegel to believe that history is progressing positively. While many people would buy the notion that history unfolds according to God's plan, how would we explain the many apparent execeptions (war, genocide, disease, etc.)? If we do not buy Hegel's thesis of history, is this work worth reading at all?
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