HEGEL GIVES A VERY CLEAR PICTURE
OF WHAT THE ENDS OF LIFE ARE.
HUMAN BEINGS ARE RATIONAL
BEINGS, RATIONAL LIFE.
AND REASON IS, OF COURSE,
CLOSELY LINKED TO FREEDOM
BECAUSE HE DEFINES
REASON IN THE WAY IT
LINKS TO KANT'S DEFINITION.
THAT YOU'RE FREE WHEN
YOU AS A RATIONAL BEING
ARE CONTROLLING YOUR OWN LIFE.
SO REASON AND FREEDOM ARE
CLOSELY TIED TOGETHER.
AND THEN YOU SEE THE
WHOLE HISTORY, AS IT WERE,
BRINGING ABOUT OUR DESIGN.
IT TENDS TO BRING ABOUT THIS
END IN WHICH HUMAN BEINGS COME
TO THE FULLEST REALIZATION
OF REASON AND FREEDOM.
THAT, OF COURSE,
REQUIRES A CERTAIN KIND
OF SOCIETY, A DIFFERENT
KIND LAW STATE WHICH
IS GROUNDED ON REASON,
CERTAIN KIND OF RELIGION,
CERTAIN KIND OF ART.
AND OUT OF THAT
EMERGES THE CULTURE
FROM WHICH PEOPLE CAN BE
FULLY FREE AND REASONABLE.
SO IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY WITH
THAT AS THE ENDS OF LIFE,
THEN YOU CAN GET A DEEP
SENSE OF SATISFACTION
AND MEANING OUT OF, AS IT WERE,
BEING PART OF THIS PROCESS
AND PLAYING YOUR ROLE
IN BRINGING THIS ABOUT.
