Subjective Spirit
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Subjective Spirit is Hegel’s concept of the individual mind or consciousness, encompassing the psychological and personal dimensions of spirit before it develops into social and objective forms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Subjective Spirit canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4158481 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Subjective Spirit Context triple: [Spirit (Hegelian), relatedConcept, Subjective Spirit]
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A.
De l'esprit
De l'esprit is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Claude Adrien Helvétius that argues human behavior and morality are shaped primarily by sensation, self-interest, and social conditions.
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B.
Zur Seelenfrage
Zur Seelenfrage is a philosophical work by Immanuel Hermann Fichte that examines the nature, immortality, and metaphysical status of the human soul.
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C.
the Over-Soul
The Over-Soul is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s transcendentalist concept of a universal, divine spiritual presence that unites all individual souls.
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D.
Swedenborg; or, the Mystic
"Swedenborg; or, the Mystic" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that examines the life, religious visions, and philosophical influence of the Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg.
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E.
The World as Will and Representation
The World as Will and Representation is Arthur Schopenhauer’s major philosophical work, presenting a pessimistic metaphysical system that interprets reality as driven by an irrational will and accessible to us through representation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Subjective Spirit Target entity description: Subjective Spirit is Hegel’s concept of the individual mind or consciousness, encompassing the psychological and personal dimensions of spirit before it develops into social and objective forms.
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A.
De l'esprit
De l'esprit is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Claude Adrien Helvétius that argues human behavior and morality are shaped primarily by sensation, self-interest, and social conditions.
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B.
Zur Seelenfrage
Zur Seelenfrage is a philosophical work by Immanuel Hermann Fichte that examines the nature, immortality, and metaphysical status of the human soul.
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C.
the Over-Soul
The Over-Soul is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s transcendentalist concept of a universal, divine spiritual presence that unites all individual souls.
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D.
Swedenborg; or, the Mystic
"Swedenborg; or, the Mystic" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that examines the life, religious visions, and philosophical influence of the Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg.
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E.
The World as Will and Representation
The World as Will and Representation is Arthur Schopenhauer’s major philosophical work, presenting a pessimistic metaphysical system that interprets reality as driven by an irrational will and accessible to us through representation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hegelian concept
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concept in German Idealism ⓘ philosophical concept ⓘ |
| aimsAt | freedom ⓘ |
| analyzedWithin | Hegelian psychology ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition |
German Idealism
ⓘ
linked to:
German idealism
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| characterizedAs |
spirit in its immediacy
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spirit in its subjectivity ⓘ the spirit of the individual ⓘ |
| concerns |
cognition
ⓘ
feeling ⓘ the development of self-consciousness ⓘ the emergence of consciousness ⓘ the faculties of the mind ⓘ the soul’s natural determinations ⓘ willing ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
intersubjective and institutional dimensions of Objective Spirit
ⓘ
religious, artistic, and philosophical forms of Absolute Spirit ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Hegel’s Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences
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Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit ⓘ
linked to:
phenomenology of spirit
|
| developedBy |
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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linked to:
G. W. F. Hegel
|
| developsInto |
Absolute Spirit through Objective Spirit
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Objective Spirit ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
free will
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immediate soul ⓘ reflected consciousness ⓘ |
| hasDimension |
consciousness
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individual mind ⓘ personal spirit ⓘ psychological life ⓘ self-consciousness ⓘ |
| hasGoal | realization of freedom in the individual ⓘ |
| hasSubstage |
Anthropology
ⓘ
Phenomenology (of Spirit as consciousness) ⓘ
linked to:
phenomenology of spirit
Psychology ⓘ |
| opposedTo | merely natural determinism of the body ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hegel’s philosophy of spirit
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Hegel’s system of absolute idealism ⓘ |
| precedes |
Absolute Spirit
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Objective Spirit ⓘ |
| preconditionFor |
ethical life (Sittlichkeit)
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social institutions of Objective Spirit ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Absolute Spirit
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Objective Spirit ⓘ |
| stageOf | Spirit ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Hegelian anthropology
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Hegelian phenomenology of consciousness ⓘ Hegelian psychology ⓘ |
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Subject: Subjective Spirit Description of subject: Subjective Spirit is Hegel’s concept of the individual mind or consciousness, encompassing the psychological and personal dimensions of spirit before it develops into social and objective forms.
Referenced by (1)
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Spirit