Lectures on the History of Philosophy, Volume 1: Greek Philosophy to Plato - Softcover

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803272715 ISBN 13: 9780803272712

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1995

Synopsis

G. W. F. Hegel (1770–1831), the influential German philosopher, believed that human history was advancing spiritually and morally according to God’s purpose. At the beginning of this masterwork, Hegel writes: “What the history of Philosophy shows us is a succession of noble minds, a gallery of heroes of thought, who, by the power of Reason, have penetrated into the being of things, of nature and of spirit, into the Being of God, and have won for us by their labours the highest treasure, the treasure of reasoned knowledge.” In his introduction to this Bison Book edition, Frederick C. Beiser notes the complex and controversial history of Hegel’s text. He makes a case that this English-language translation by E. S. Haldane and Frances H. Simson is still the most reliable one.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831), the influential German philosopher, believed that human history was advancing spiritually and morally according to God's purpose.

About the Author:

A professor of philosophy at Indiana University, Frederick C. Beiser is the author of The Fate of Reason: German Philosophy from Kante to Fichte.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0803272715
• ISBN 13: 9780803272712
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 487