Political Science · Western Political Thought
Who among the philosophers considered the state as the 'March of God on Earth' or the ultimate embodiment of Reason?
AKarl Marx
BMacPherson
CAristotle
DHegel ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Hegel — Hegel called the state the march of God on earth, so the answer is Hegel.
Explanation
★Hegel called the state the march of God on earth, so the answer is Hegel.
★For Hegel the state is the highest expression of objective Spirit in the social world.
★It is the realm where individual freedom and universal law are reconciled.
★In it reason becomes real and ethical life finds its fullest form.
★This is why he glorifies the state as the embodiment of Reason itself.
★Marx, by contrast, saw the state as an instrument of class domination.
★So this near-divine view of the state is distinctively Hegelian.
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