From my understanding of anything in the ridiculousness of life, intentions may not be commonly met by its consequences. As such with history, as Hegel argues, humans may produce additional results from which they pursue. My common sense tells me that this rings truth for mankind and their intentions as a whole. We may always approach situations with specific intentions, but leave an experience gaining added results. He mentions that although unaware to consciousness, "something further is thereby accomplished" which I interpret as a valid observation.
I can apply Hegel's quote to my life in a variety of contexts, but one in particular stands out. I am currently undergoing a self-awareness-promoting (to say the least) experience in which I claim to be completely aware and conscious of my thoughts and actions when in reality, I end up finding myself in situations I never would have imagined. In reaction to a mass destruction of a break up, I acted on impulses that seemed harmless- fun even. I felt self-aware enough to act on these impulsive thoughts, and lo and behold, I realize that I was driven much more by sub-conscious ideas. I did indeed gain excess results aka oober obnoxious attachment issues and enough sad song lyrics to last me a lifetime. Did I intend for these results? Hell no. Some enter situations not wanting to know how they truly and deeply feel about a subject because they might feel weak, or hell- they're just unprepared. This time, I was both.
I highly doubt Hegel is referring to stupid girls and the revelations they come to post-heartbreak, but you know- that's the only way I can have his words speak to me.
Along with Hegel's love advice, I can also apply this particular tune to my life and it relates to Hegel's words... ish.
Enjoy.
'The Cave" by Mumford & Sons. It reflects on how sub-conscious plays a role in human actions- whatup Hegel.
I really loved reading this blog post because you were so willing to be open and honest with yourself and you applied Hegel in a personal and interesting way to your own experiences that most people would be unable or unwilling to do. Its often hard for people to actively reflect on their own actions and the consequences of those actions. I often wonder to what degree are most people able or willing to be self aware and how often they acknowledge or accept unintended consequences of their actions. I think it can be difficult to critically view yourself and your actions in the moment, especially in situations that are painful and difficult to pull through.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice twist to Hegal's words. I hadn't even thought of this specific quote as the way that you interpreted it. It was a nice insight and made me thought that maybe I should have criticised it more and go in deeper to connect Hegal's words to my personal life. On the broader aspect, what came to my mind also was the situation with the Bush administration having the deployment of soldiers going into Iraq. We got more than we were going for and that's why this caused so many deaths, anger, and resentment between mothers with their children in the war and civilians both in the US and Iraq who are left unattended for as a result of this war.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed reading this blog post because i too wrote about that quote but not in the way you did. i feel like you connected more with it than i did. Now that i read ur blog i immidiatly connected with it becauae i too thought, hey im making the right decision here but than i found myself in situations were i jjust couldnt handle it and for me, ended up as a disaster!i dont think many people do realize what the outcomes can be. im not sure if many peoplethink before they act, and im sure after they learned from the "mistakes" they start thinking more about thier actions. Sometimes we just need to pause for a moment and pick a right passage, for anything.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking on using this quote as well. Its a great quote and I agree with your comment that we may always approach situations with specific intentions, but leave an experience gaining added results.That certainly happend to me a lot where I was thinking one thing and leave with more than I was expecting.Your combining Hegels txt with your life experience is very interesting and makes people more aware of their thoughts and actions.
ReplyDeleteI was drawn to your post because you quote the same part that I did (I also have other things along with it but generally, I think we have the same thought about this part). After reading your post, I feel like I have more feelings to this quote because you connect it to your personal life and make the quote applicable to reality... Generally, we (human) do things with a certain aim/goal but we can never just get the result we expected, we always leave and get something extra. It's not just applicable to desperate experiences, it can be almost anything. (Example) Now that I think about it, I took this class expecting a whole boring history "crap" being thrown at me (at least Hitler is better than any other "crap"!) but I actually learn more about the much deeper thing, such as philosophy of writing history..., which I didn't expect at all, and this stuff is actually not boring like what I initially thought it would.
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