From Love To Reason-Religious Origins Of Hegel’s Philosophy

Hegel’s thought is called rational thought with theology meant. Many scholars agree that: Hegel rational thought lurks irrational mystical content, philosophical speculation session contains a visual experience of religion. This is mainly because Hegel’s rational thought in mature period is closely related to the religious thought in earlier generation. This paper attempts to explore how the Hegelian philosophy evolved from religious thought by Hegel’s early religious thought. This article is divided into five chapters from Hegel earlier study. The first, second chapter describes the study of Hegel’s early thought- religious, and the initial theory of Hegel’s critique of religion under- Kant rational theology. The period of insisting Kant’s rational theology was based on Hegel’s preparation stage of his thoughts. At the third chapter Hegel found Kant rational theology and religions will lead to confrontation between subject and object. Therefore, Hegel began to move toward his way of thinking, namely that the "reconciliation” between religious opposition and Kant’s rational opposition. From the third chapter to the fifth chapter, each chapter introduces a logical link of Hegel early thought development, namely "love"- "Life"- "Spirit." He proposed the formation of speculative symbol of the spirit of Hegel’s philosophy.The first chapter describes what early Hegel concern is religion. Hegel thank that on one hand spiritual aspect of religion represents the spirit of the times; on the other hand the religious thought suppress people’s freedom and rationality. Then German intellectual criticized that only religious people can get ideological emancipation and freedom. Hegel also believed that in order to be free people must criticize religion. Thus, the young Hegel pointed out that God of the traditional religion to establish the authority of the superior, and the world is a servant of God-God and man opposite to each other. This religion Hegel was repression as the main person "positive religion"(or authority religious).The second chapter describes the initial theory of Hegel began to criticize the religious question in accordance with Kant rational theology. In Berne, Hegel considered the opposition between traditional religion and personal religious, concept and reality, the rule of law and the will of desire, body and individual. Hegel tried to apply rational to abandon opposition of religion. This is essentially unified the will of God and the individual rational. The subjective reason becomes the starting point of all intellectual and moral.In the third chapter Hegel began to put forward its own way of thinking- the love which was the first core principles. In Frankfurt, Hegel gradually discovered not only that religion is the root cause of the opposition between subject and object, Kant’s rational theology also contributed to the opposition between subject and object. Traditional religion led to the opposition between general principle and individual rationality, Kant rational individual rationality and personal emotional desire. Hegel tries to "reconciliation" opposition between religious and "rational" oppositional by Jesus Love. "Love" had the same meaning with Hegel manure’s "rational", "Love" made a symbol of the dialectic of Hegel on the road to explore the first step.In the fourth chapter Hegel found that life was the development of “love ". Hegel found love as an emotion has inherent subjectivity in exploring the nature of love. Love must be objective in order to achieve the unity of subjective and objective. Life is the objective to love, love is love of life. Compared to love, life is both a subjective experience, also an objective existence. Life closer to reality when the Hegelian Reflections era issues. The dialectic of " Life " already has the basic characteristics of " dialectics” which was maturation of Hegel’s thought.The fifth chapter describes the deformation of life- spirit. Hegel thought that life is spiritual. This is based on the perspective of religion, intuitive experience to think about life and spirit: the infinite life that is God. In Jena period, Hegel reflect on what the early idea that include "love", "life" and "spirit" are subjective and intuitive religion and life experience. However, the spirit which has vitality and creativity must move toward a concept of speculation, that is, from intuition to rational dialectical, because Hegel thought that the spirit as a concept can grasp truth. The spirit became speculation symbolizes to the mature of Hegelian philosophy. Hegel thought the whole universe is made outside of the absolute spirit; speculative spirit(or called absolute spirit) is the starting point. Starting from the absolute spirit Hegel constructed his all-encompassing philosophical system.Starting from criticism of religion and Kant’s rational theology, Hegel experienced "love"- "life"(Intuitive Spirit)- "speculative spirit," eventually completed the ideological shift from religion to philosophy. The series process has gone from intuitive to Hegel dialectical, from sensual love to speculative reason, from religion to philosophy changes. This process of change is considered to be the spirit of Hegel self-development, self-abandon and self-affirmation process, this process of change is not part of the earlier experience completely abandoned, but to all aspects of being abandoned but united in spirit.