Addressed most pressing questions of:

the absolute, the ineffable soul, Art,

and Religion

-Based on Kant's phenomena 'subjective'

set out to lay bare the naked truths

'Reasons' replace 'causes' as

response to Hume's critique

anticipates (influences) Freud's notions

of ego (& id), stages of development, ...

-Soul develops historically through stages

'beginning of spirit'-mere being,

unable to reflect on self

nor assimilate objects

through the acquisition of sensuous

consciousness, sense perception,

and intellect