[lbo-talk] Query on Hegel

[Carrol Cox]

I hoped something like that was intended, but  thought I would check. It is
indeed a marvelous passage.

Thanks,

Carrol

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On Feb 7, 2012, at 6:01 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:


> What did Hegel mean by his metaphor, "The Owl o Athena flies at twilight"?
> (From memory, probably inaccurately quoted.)

The passage in which it occurs is pretty self-explanatory - from the Preface
to his Philosophy of Right:

"Only one word more concerning the desire to teach the world what it ought
to be. For such a purpose philosophy at least always comes too late.
Philosophy, as the thought of the world, does not appear until reality has
completed its formative process, and made itself ready. History thus
corroborates the teaching of the conception that only in the maturity of
reality does the ideal appear as counterpart to the real, apprehends the
real world in its substance, and shapes it into an intellectual kingdom.
When philosophy paints its grey in grey, one form of life has become old,
and by means of grey it cannot be rejuvenated, but only known. The owl of
Minerva, takes its flight only when the shades of night are gathering."

I believe you've made essentially the same point a few times lately.

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