is through the strict study of history. History plays an essential role in this philosophy because Hegel viewed the Absolute Spirit not as fixed and static but evolving and developing with the people of the world. The second major philosophical theory of Hegel contains the Dialectic Struggle. This theory contains the ideas of Hegel that later instigated Communism and Fascism. The Dialectic Struggle represents the way in which society evolves to a higher state through the clash of two opposing forces. The combination of this thesis and antithesis achieves a higher level of truth and wholeness, thus pushing society toward a more perfect form. Hegel believed that each higher level of history precluded another step in the evolution of freedom, which lead to the next scope of his influence political thought.By the time of his death, Hegel had become the most beloved philosopher in Germany. Hegels precepts fit perfectly into the puzzle that was Germany at this time, a small group of independent states searching for political unification. Hegel felt the will of the people must be in harmony with their needs, and this ideal spread throughout Germany, gaining him immense popularity in a nation struggling to find a way to gain strength under the oppression of stronger nations. Hegel believed the aggressive search for freedom could give the Germans what they truly desired, and the only true freedom came from within an organized social group and a cohesive political community. This brings back the influence of the Greek city-states on Hegels philosophy as to what makes a good social structure. Because he felt the nation-state represented the supreme achievement of the Absolute Spirit, Hegel likened true freedom with the peoples obedience to the states commands. Furthermore, he felt the state could only be bound by self-preservation and believed war became fundamentally necessary to achieve this goal. As a result of this blatant jus...
