Will History END? – 8-Bit Philosophy

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Episode 8: Is There an END to History?
(Hegel: The Philosophy of History)

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Written & Directed by: Jared Bauer
Narrator: Nathan Lowe
Animation Producer: MB X. McClain
Academic Consultant: Mia Wood
Producer & Additional Artwork by: Jacob S. Salamon

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[jsaba]

for those who didn't recognize the guy at the end it was karl marx

[Lattentreffer]

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[drummerboy]

I'm taking Philosophy when school starts back up! These videos have really given Me a great head start. Thanks, Sparky, and all of the people who work on 8-bit philosophy!

[BlueMorningStar]

How absurdly optimistic Hegel sounds to us on the other side of the 20th century from him.

[GTSuzukaTimeTrials]

These 8 episodes taught me more than two entire semesters of philosophy.

[TheMissmicki]

These are so creative and a joy to watch and learn from. Thank you for making these and please make more!

[byakugan]

The logical and the supposedly desired end game would be world peace thus reaching a no-history period, were all people are truly enlightened beings capable of being civil in the true sense of the world.
And yet it seems to me that the purpose of all life is struggle, to overcome the obstacles presented by the world and within us.

What we should in fact consider is how meaningful/possible is life without struggle.

[caseymiller]

Thanks for the lecture doc. Keep them coming!!

[Izanagi]

Interesting theory! This channel always does great work, can't wait for the next episode.

[contextneeded]

I love everything about this channel. Thank you. 

[TheMagicRat]

This reminds me of the Underground Man's rant in the first part of Dostoevsky's Notes From the Underground. The Underground Man ridicules the idea that humanity is always moving towards greater rationality, and quite contrary to Hegel, he argues that this development would not bring about a state of perfect freedom, but a state of no freedom at all. If there is always a clear, known best and most rational choice, people are not free unless they are irrational and knowingly act against their own best interests now and again. 
I find myself agreeing with the Underground Man here. If one only ever took the most rationally sound option, one would not be free, and even if the rationally "best" option is supposedly clear, people will not always take it, because humans are not fully rational.

[Aassymcass]

A white bearded man producing a red star in the 19th century...
 Sounds like Marx to me.

[burtfergusonshackleford]

This channel is sheer genius. The ability to adapt difficult subjects to relevant media with jokes. Thanks to all who work on this project!

[PartimeLunatic]

This is so helpful for trying to understand Hegel!

[ziqi]

but if history repeats itself, then there is no end, for it is a circle.

[LarsWSB]

I don't think you defined Hegel's definition of freedom at all haha. A lot of people wouldn't consider his "freedom" free at all haha.

[Niko]

"History never looks like history when you are living through it" -John W. Gardner

[RossOriginals]

History doesn't require conflict to continue, it is a record of events, be they conflicts, discoveries, art, anything worth recording will be recorded by someone and then it shall become history, and history shall continue so long as there are those who pass it on and people for it to be passed on to.

[andrevu]

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[quidestveritas]

Between Marxism and Neoconservatism, seems like Hegel has a lot to answer for. Or, in fairness to Hegel, "Lord, spare me from my disciples"