Life of Jesus (Hegel)
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Life of Jesus is one of the earliest works by G. W. F. Hegel
. In this essay on morality he presents a version of Jesus
very similar to Kant
's categorical imperative
. For Hegel the moment Jesus cried out "why hast thou forsaken me", was the moment he knew sin and evil, for evil is the separation of the individual from the universal.
Jesus is presented as a rationalistic philosopher, opposed to the superstition and "positive religion" of the Pharisees. Biblical miracles are represented as metaphors for Jesus' philosophical doctrines.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher, one of the creators of German Idealism. His historicist and idealist account of reality as a whole revolutionized European philosophy and was an important precursor to Continental philosophy and Marxism.Hegel developed a comprehensive...
. In this essay on morality he presents a version of Jesus
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
very similar to Kant
KANT
KANT is a computer algebra system for mathematicians interested in algebraic number theory, performing sophisticated computations in algebraic number fields, in global function fields, and in local fields. KASH is the associated command line interface...
's categorical imperative
Categorical imperative
The Categorical Imperative is the central philosophical concept in the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant, as well as modern deontological ethics...
. For Hegel the moment Jesus cried out "why hast thou forsaken me", was the moment he knew sin and evil, for evil is the separation of the individual from the universal.
Jesus is presented as a rationalistic philosopher, opposed to the superstition and "positive religion" of the Pharisees. Biblical miracles are represented as metaphors for Jesus' philosophical doctrines.