An Introduction to Hegel’s Philosophy of History: The Road to Progress Runs First Through Dark Times | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
The question of whether or not genuine human progress is possible, or desirable, lies at the heart of many a radical post-Enlightenment philosophical project. More pessimistic philosophers have, unsurprisingly, doubted it. Arthur Schopenhauer, cast baleful suspicion on the idea.