zeitgeist 17
German term that Hegel devised and used other philosophers of the nineteenth joining two words, very German, of this language: Zeit, chronological time and Geist, spirit, as the companion says. The Spirit of the times, that is, the socio-cultural identity, the tendencies and characteristics of human culture in each historical moment at the global level or more in particular. Other terms close to the German idealist philosophers of this century are Volkgeist, the spirit of the people, the feeling that a people has of themselves, of their values and history or Nationalgeist, the national spirit, the national identity.
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