La comprensión hegeliana de la idea de la libertad de las escuelas helenísticas

Abstract

The   aim   of   this   work   is   not   the   direct   study   of   the

hellenistic  doctrines  and  their  idea  of  freedom,  but  rather

the   way   those   ancient   doctrines   were   collected   and

interpreted   by   Hegel.   We   analyse   in   particular   the

discussion   that   Hegel   develops   about   them   in   the

Phenomenology  of  mind   and  in  the  Lessons  about  the  history

of   philosophy.   The   end   of   that   form   of   equilibrium   of   life

achieved  in  the  ancient  polis   is  interpreted  by  Hegel  like

the   transition   to   an   age,   in   which   the   self-­‐‑consciousness

looses   the   practical   and   rational   harmony   with   external

world   and   feels   the   need   of   looking   for   rationality

inward   itself,   in   its   separated   of   world   individuality.   In

this   way   the   individual   doesn’t   experience   the   union

with   its   social   environment   any   more,   which   is   now   an

upon  it  imposing  empire  and  an  abstract  general  power.