*Corresponding Author: Agenagn Kebede 12 ISSRA Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Studies Abbreviated Key Title: Issra J Art Hum Soci Stu ISSN: 2583-3774 (Online) Published by ISSRA Publishers Received: 26.10. 2022| Accepted: 09.11.2022| Published: 30.11.2022 Volume-1| Issue-5| Nov-Dec, 2022 Commentary on Hegel's Freedom and Exaltation of The State Agenagn Kebede* 1 Asst. Prof of Political Science at Injibara University, College of Social Science and Humanities, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Editor, Blogger, Reviewer, Mentor at Publon Academy, and SYRFM Abstract: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1770. He became the outstanding German philosopher of his day and was renowned throughout Europe. His major works, The Philosophy of Right and The Philosophy of History, contain the most important elements of his political philosophy. Hegel was an absolute Idealist. His most famous quote, “the rational is actual and the actual is rational,” is the basis for his position. Bed-rocked on this, the writer conceptualized Hegel's idea of individual freedom and the absolute power of the state on individuals. Keywords: Exaltation, Freedom, Hegel, Individual, State Copyright © 2022 The Author(s): This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0) International License. INTRODUCTION Hegel's freedom and exaltation of the state Hegel's theory of the state is rooted in the axiom: "What is rational is real and what is real is rational”. It means that whatever exists in the world is just as to Cause and whatever is just as to Cause exists. Fig-1 Hegel's theory of the state is based on the vital premise concerning the gradual unfolding of Cause or Spirit or Absolute. Hegel's unfolding of Cause means a movement forwards in search of self-realization. Cause gets its perfect realization in the state. Therefore, the state is “Cause” personified. The state is rational, the state is real; so what is rational is real. Accordingly, Hegel sought to bridge the gap flanked by the rational and the real. The real is nothing but the objective manifestation of spirit. This implies that for Hegel all states are rational in so distant as they symbolize the several states of the unfolding of Cause. No event occurs unless ordained through Cause. There can be no spiritual development beyond the state. Fig-2 Hegel measured the state as the march of God on Earth or the ultimate embodiment of Research Article