G.W.F. HEGEL (1770 - 1831)

I.  Introduction
     A.  Historical Context
     B.  Influence

II.  Dialectical System
     A.  Truth
     B.  Whole
     C.  History

III.  Alienation and the Consciousness of Freedom
     A.  Existence
          1.  Human consciousness as Reason's own consciousness
          2.  Consciousness of "other"
     B.  Essence
          1.  Philosophical consciousness
               a.  Pre-Hegel - Reason conscious of Reason
               b.  Hegelian philosophical consciousness - Reason comes to self-
               consciousness 
          2.  Consciousness that "other "is "self"
     C.  Synthesis of Existence and Essence
          1.  Alienation - contradiction of 
          2.  Consciousness of freedom - resolution of contradiction

IV.  Ethics
     A.  State as rational entity
     B.  Morality accords with rationality