Episode #067 ... What Hegel Was Saying!

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Episode #067 ... What Hegel Was Saying!

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Sep 21, 2015

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We continue our unfortunately abridged discussion on Hegel from last episode. Support the show on Patreon! www.philosophizethis.org for additional content. Thank you for wanting to know more today than you did yesterday. :)

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Sep 21, 2015

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