In the second lecture of Hegel and the Mechanistic Worldview, Ahilleas takes begins on the Mechanism section proper. If you've ever wondered why some things—from a spinning planet to a repetitive habit—feel "mechanical," Hegel has a surprisingly modern answer.

💡 Why did we move away from vitalism and alchemy, and into Newtonian mechanism and atomism? What were the conceptual underpinnings of this shift? Our next course on Hegel and the Mechanistic Worldview discusses this and more!

The threads of thought stretch far and wide across time, and at its center stands the dialectical weaver. Credit to Leonard Leukos (and ur-credit to Bob Stern)! #hegel #web #though #influences

We're excited to release our course plans for 2026! Hegel, Milton, Aristotle and Plato await! #philosophy #course #literature
https://sphil.xyz/newsletter/sphil-2026-12-01

Where do you fall on this chart?
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After the eternal act of self-revelation, everything in the world is, as we see it now, rule, order and form; but anarchy still lies in the ground, as if it could break through once again, and nowhere does it appear as if order and form were what is original...

Yup, basically happens on every paragraph of the Science of Logic.