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Hello, Hagel 1770 to 1831 is on the most influential of modern philosophers.

And one of his essential questions was whether we enjoy more freedom now than those who came

before us. To explore that, he looked into the past to see when freedom was moving from one

to the few to everyone, defining history itself as the progress in the consciousness of freedom.

We'd need to discuss Hagel's philosophy of history, our Sally Sedgwick, Professor and

Chair of Philosophy at Boston University, Robert Stern, Professor at Philosophy at the University

of Sheffield and Stephen Hulgate, Professor at Philosophy at the University of Warwick.

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