About Simplicity of History and Ruse of World Reason

Abstract

In article ideological distortions of Hegel`s idea about “cunning of world reason” are
considered. It is shown that these distortions naturally lead to archaization of historical
consciousness and create favourable conditions for mystical interpretation of historical events.
As a result connection of Hegel’s idea of “cunning of world reason” and the marxist doctrine of
equally effective applications of forces of historical figures is revealed.