The Roman World
This work explores the development of the Roman world from its origins to its decline. It examines the dialectical process by which the Roman state emerged and evolved through a series of contradictions and negations. The text analyzes the role of the plebeians, patricians, and other social classes in shaping Roman politics and society. Hegel also discusses the impact of external factors such as war and trade on the development of Rome.
By Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel · First published 1822 · Genre: Philosophy, History, Political Theory · 3 chapters · 27,514 words
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Napoleon, in a conversation which he once had with Goethe on the nature of Tragedy, expressed the opinion that its modern phase differed from the ancient, through our no longer recognizing a Destiny to which men are absolutely subject, and that Policy occupies the place of the ancient Fate [La politique est la fatalité]. This therefore he thought must be used as the modern form of Destiny in Tragedy – the irresistible power of circumstances to which individuality must bend. Such a power is the Roman World, chosen for the very purpose of casting the moral units into bonds, as also of collecting all Deities and all Spirits into the Pantheon of Universal dominion, in order to make out of them an abstract universality of power. The distinction between the Roman and the Persian principle is exactly this – that the former stifles all vitality, while the latter allowed of its existence in the fullest measure. Through its being the aim of the State, that the social units in their moral life should be sacrificed to it, the world is sunk in melancholy: its heart is broken, and it is all over with the Natural side of Spirit, which has sunk into a feeling of unhappiness. Yet only from this feeling could arise the supersensuous, the free Spirit in Christianity.
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- Work type: Essay
- Author: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Date: 1822 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Philosophy, History, Political Theory, Sociology, Cultural Studies
- Length: 27,514 words
- Structure: 3 chapters, 49 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Difficult (10th-12th Grade)
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- Philosophy — The work explores philosophical themes related to history, society, and the development of human consciousness.
- History — It provides an analysis of the historical context and significance of the Roman world.
- Political Theory — The text examines the political structures and ideologies of ancient Rome.
- Sociology — It discusses social structures and their evolution within the Roman context.
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Philosophy · History · Ancient Rome · Western Civilization · Classical Studies · Social Structure · Politics · Economy · Culture · Society · Ethics · Morality
Contents
- The Roman World
- Rome from the Second Punic War to the Emperors
- Rome under the Emperors