What effect do ideas have on the way civilizations develop and history unfolds? In this brief clip, R.C. Sproul explores G.W.F. Hegel’s philosophy of “the dialectic,” which continues to influence how many people interpret the progress of history today. Watch the full message: https://ligm.in/3kYtmiW | Ligonier Ministries

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The Hegelian dialectic is a philosophical framework developed by the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831). At its core, the dialectic is a method for understanding and explaining the development of ideas, history, and social structures. It is based on the interaction of contradictory forces or ideas, which eventually resolve into a new, synthesized outcome. Hegel described this process using a three-stage model: thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. The thesis represents an