# geist (German). Indwelling spirit of man; guiding mind or conscious intelligence. In the, philosophy of Georg Hegel (1770-1831), only Geist?not matter?is reality. Hegel believed that Geist revealed to him the "truths" which he spoke and which became the official doctrines of the Prussian state and universities. [[Human Action - Mises (HA)]] 72-74; [[Theory and History (TH)]] 102-04. # Links