Hegel: Architect of the Modern Mind Revealed

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Dominican Friars Province of St. Joseph

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🗓️ 5 February 2026

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Fr. Bonaventure and Fr. Gregory are back together to discuss modern philosophy and German philosopher, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Who are makers of the modern mind? Who is Hegel? Is he an idealist? How does he relate to Plato, Aristotle, and Kante? More on this episode of Godsplaining. Join the friars for a Day of Recollection in Boston, MA | 3/14:https://godsplaining.org/day-of-recollection-boston-ma-march-2026/ Join the largest Bible study in America! More information on Bible Across America here: https://stpaulcenter.com/lent Send your questions for the friars to:godsplaining@opeast.org Subscribe to our channelhttps://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the FriarsYour Eucharistic Identity: https://ignatius.com/your-eucharistic-identity-yeip/St. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social MediaFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.orgTo support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org Thumbnail image: By Jakob Schlesinger (1792-1855) - Unknown source, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=615903

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0:00.0	This is Father Gregory Pine.
0:06.7	This is Father Bonaventure Chapman.
0:08.7	And welcome to Godsplining. Thanks to all those who support us. If you enjoy the show,
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0:16.8	wherever you listen to your podcasts. All right, Father Bonaventure.
0:21.7	That's me.
0:22.5	You are something of a student of modern slash contemporary philosophy.
0:26.9	Yeah, fair enough.
0:27.9	I suppose modern philosophy begins when.
0:30.7	Bacon?
0:31.5	Kind of, yeah, Descartes, I suppose.
0:33.8	But yeah, that kind of thing.
0:35.4	Nice.
0:35.9	Well, it's, you know, as with all things, kind of spread out. But early modern, modern, but modern generally is somewhere between Descartes and Kant. You know, all generation happens at night, so you're never quite sure exactly what. All generation happens in night, just like the building of the temple. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Just like the not sleeping. Exactly. I've also noticed that like the analogies that people use to describe sleep aren't actually
0:57.4	consoling to sleep like a baby, for instance.
1:00.0	Yeah.
1:00.4	It's like they don't know how true that is.
1:04.0	They think they're saying to sleep soundly.
1:06.0	Yeah.
1:06.3	When truth be told, that's not what they're saying because babies don't sleep soundly.
1:10.4	It's also don't.
1:11.6	It's also like when you mean to say, I'm as happy as pig and slop, and instead you say,
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