A Reading of "The Oldest Systematic Program of German Idealism"

“The Oldest Systematic Program of German Idealism” is an esoteric
text at the heart of 19th century German philosophy and of no
certain authorship. The primary contention is that it was most
likely written by either Hölderlin, Hegel, or Schelling during
their time together as essentially collage dorm-mates whilst at
Tübinger Stift in Germany, although some analyses leave open the
possibility of a fourth unknown author. That being said, the text
itself was written in Hegel’s handwriting, and speaks with
post-revolutionary vigour about the need to overthrow priestly
control of the human mind and the heralding of a new dawn of
reason; a reason that, despite the austerity imposed upon it by
Kantianism, is not afraid of speculation, sensuousness, and
poetics, but rather lets its own truth shine through them. This
text is a agitation for universal emancipation, a liberatory
declaration that holds self-consciousness and enlightenment at
its core—the labour of not only becoming-mature, but also towards
the hope of humanity’s next childhood. The opinion of the reader
of the text here is that the text is a Hegelian one, although not
for any reason that benefits Hegel. The text begins with a
miscounting of Kant’s practical postulates, counting only two
instead of three; and this aligns well with Pinkard’s biological
note that of the three within the Stift that Hegel’s Kantianism
was the least developed at the time.


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