I noticed in the writings of Dr. Kelley Ross that he believes that Hegel held from a sort of phenomenalismview that physical objects cannot justifiably be said to exist in themselves but only as perceptual phenomena or sensory stimuli. I can see that even strong supports of Hegel like McTaggart held this way. I have never been able to see Hegel in that way and in support of my view I would like to say that this is exactly how Cunningham explains Hegel in his PhD thesis. Thought and Reality in Hegel's System. GUSTAVUS Cunningham.]\Rather I think that Hegel is thinking of Being as emanating from Logos. Not being identical. This would be like Plotinus. And this aspect of Hegel I have thought to be so for  long time-and also this aspect of Plotinus in that he holds like Aristotle in some particular ways. And in this very discussion

Flour and sugar and oil are all necessary for a cake to exist. But they are not a cake. Only a cake is a cake. There is what to complain about in Hegel, but so in Kant. If Hegel was making a big deal out of the "state”, --well Germany had no "state". It had city states that were slightly larger than a mere city but nothing like we could call a state. What seems to me is that Hegel sees the big picture like a giganticThe undecidable conflict between the individual and society find it expression in this conflict