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Apr 2025
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Freedom Stumbles On: Hegel and the Slaug...

Chris, Kevin, Jason, & Ben
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The boys (featuring the return of Mir) return to the slaughter-bench to finish discussing Terry Pinkard's article "The Spirit of History."


The Spirit of History by Terry Pinkard 

https://aeon.co/essays/what-is-history-nobody-gave-a-deeper-answer-than-hegel 

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