The two thinkers agree that Spirit is immanent in the world and that human beings participate in its self-unfolding, yet they sharply diverge on the nature of that Spirit and the character of its fulfillment. Hegel treats matter as a subordinate moment within Spirit’s self-realization; Aurobindo sees matter as something to be divinized, not simply aufgehoben. Where Hegel considers the rational state and philosophical self-consciousness to be the completion of history, Aurobindo insists that no political or intellectual structure can represent a final stage. Evolution, in his view, continues beyond mind toward a transformed earth, not merely a completed concept. I suggest you read: Wilfried Huchzermeyer, Rod Hemsell and/or Vidhi Jalan.

I am looking for the intellectual connections between Sri Aurobindo and Hegel’s philosophy.