Geist (philosophy)
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Geist is German for mind, also for spirit and ghost. It is a central concept in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, and is similar to Heidegger's concept of Dasein, in that both are terms to describe the aspects of a being that are attempting to apprehend and understand the world.
It is a component of the adopted words zeitgeist and poltergeist.
External links
- Of Spirit (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226143198/103-4206967-8079837), by Jacques Derrida