In the Philosophy of History Hegel speaks of three 'worlds' actually three distinct world outlooks; what Hegel calls the Oriental, the Greco-Roman, and the Germanic. These are linked only tenuously to specific times and geographical areas. But precisely because these 'worlds' are not moored in a specific time or place, we may the more easily see them as standing in a formal relation to one another. In the Oriental World (taken in the broadest sense e.g. ancient Egypt, China etc), only one person is free; the supreme monarch. In the Greco Roman World, only some persons are free; those who are not slaves, women, aliens, et al. Finally in the Germanic World (i.e the world Christian Europe), all are free; by virtue of the spiritual identity accorded to all human individuals, all persons have the capacity for self determination.