Geist

Hegel divides the Absolute Spirit into three forms: art, religion and philosophy. In each of these forms, a spiritual tradition finds expression, through which mankind communicates across the ages.

The present studies aim to highlight a number of exemplary stages in these dialogues from the philosophical and religious traditions (a digression on Goethe also highlights a stage in the aesthetic tradition). The studies are intended as an invitation to take part in a dialogue that is not without spirit, for it attempts, in ever new and original ways, to represent that which cannot be represented once and for all, but which, precisely for that reason, provokes much thinking.