Axial. Hegel. General Notes

Axial. Hegel. General Notes/Solomon's Hegel

In fact Hegel's appeal to Science was I believe meant to continue the battle against Christian "mythology" waged by Enlightenment authors, despite Hegel diverging widely from the Enlightenment positions.

In the early phase of Phenomenology he was actually following the intellectual fashion of the time -- but doing so in a way that made it difficult to charge him with atheism.

His fellow "young Turks" understood his veiled language, greatly appreciating his ruse, which would slide past the censors, all the while being impressed by his originality, how he was able to mold the thought of the ancient Greeks into something strikingly modern.

In particular, I wager, it was Hegel's philosophy of history that gripped their imaginations, especially in the midst of the still thrilling Napoleonic period.