The Absolute Through Opposition: Hegel and the Tao Open Access

Dao, Quoc-Anh Mitchell (2011)

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This thesis presents a case for a unity between the speculative philosophy of Hegel and the
philosophy presented by Lao Tze in the Tao. This connection between these two particular
philosophies suggest that there is a case where two very different systems have arrived at an
analogically similar idea. The absolute as presented by Hegel and Lao Tze represent the same
idea. Chapter one discusses the development of the absolute in the history of consciousness as
detailed by Hegel. Chapter two covers the notion of the Tao as an absolute seen in the Tao Te
Ching. Chapter three views both of the philosophies simultaneously to arrive at a new viewpoint
through Hegelian dialectic.

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Introduction...................1


1. Hegel's Absolute .........2


2. The Tao ..................20


3. Hegel and the Tao......39

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