Creating Idea

.." These contingencies relize themselves in History: they involve a general principle of a different order that on which depends the permanence of a people or a state. This principle is an essential phase in the development of the creating Idea, of Truth striving and urging towards [ consciousness of] itelf. (p. 29 second paragraph)
--it took me a while to understand what Hegel was saying here. I believe he is saying that we as humans take this idea and turn it into a "fairy tale." We see an idea and percieve it in a construed way. We draw an image of what the world should be like and we act on it quickly, that we think what were doing is correct. So we try to create this idea of truth that is not there, but we think its there.

"..that in history an additional result is commonly produced by human actions beyond that which they aim at an obtain-that which they immediately recognize and desire. they gratify their own interest; but something further is thereby acomplisehd, latent in the actions in questions, though not present to their consciouness, and not include in their design." (27)
-i feel like this phrase kind of goes along with why Loughner did what he did. Maybe he thought it all out and didn't think about the results of it, or how people would react to the crime he committed. We don't necessarily know what the outcome is going to be. We set these types of mindset and we don't take time to fully brainstorm it.

" If men are to act, they must not only intend the good, but must have decided for themselves whether this or that particular thing is a Good." (28, last paragraph.)
-This is a prime example of how humans think. Loughner had this mindset that he thought by shooting innocent people something would happen. He thought ( maybe) what he did was ok, at least thats how the picture taken of him seems like because he was smiling. In Loughner's mind, this was ok. He decided for himself and followed through with it. But who knows what Hegel was trying to say i could be understanding this all wrong and Hegel could be looking at this in a whole different way, just like anyone else would.