When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designat… - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Vjecni zivot Bozji mora sebe naci, postati sebe svjestan, uskladiti se sa sobom. U tom uspinjanju dolazi do otudjenja, razjedinjavanja, ali u prirodi je duha, ideje, da sebe otudjuje kako bi se ponovno nasla. To kretanje je upravo ono sto sloboda jest; jer, gledajuci stvar izvana, kazemo da je slobodan onaj covjek koji ne ovisi o nekome drugom, koji nije potlacen, nije vezan uz nekoga. Vracajuci se samome sebi, duh postize slobodu - to opce kretanje je niz oblikovanja duha. Taj niz ne treba sagledavati pravocrtno, nego kao krug koji se vraca u sebe...

Son además lo más conocido: ser, nada, etc.; determinidad, magnitud, etc.; ser-en-sí, ser-para-sí, uno, muchos, etc. Sin embargo, esta familiaridad más bien dificulta el estudio de la lógica porque, por una parte, se juzga con facilidad que no vale la pena seguir ocupándose de tales cosas bien conocidas ya y, por otra parte, porque es preciso por lo mismo adquirir ahora una familiaridad con ellas enteramente distinta, es más, incluso opuesta, a la familiaridad con que ya eran conocidas.

Aims, principles, &c., have a place in our thoughts, in our subjective design only; but not yet in the sphere of reality. That which exists for itself only, is a possibility, a potentiality; but has not yet emerged into Existence. A second element must be introduced in order to produce actuality — viz. actuation, realization; and whose motive power is the Will — the activity of man in the widest sense.