Hegel's Philosophy of Mind: Hegel's Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences

By Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and William Wallace

Book Overview

2019 Reprint of 1894 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. The Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (first published in 1817) is a work that presents an abbreviated version of Hegel's systematic philosophy in its entirety and is the only form in which Hegel ever published his entire mature philosophical system. The fact that the account is exhaustive, that the grounding structures of reality are ideal, and that the system is closed makes the Encyclopedia a statement par excellence of absolute idealism.

The present work represents part three of the Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences published separately as Hegel's Philosophy of Mind. This scholarly translated by undertaken by William Wallace and published by Oxford University Press.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 168422411X
• ISBN13: 9781684224111
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Martino Fine Books
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Take time to read and read again for the effect.

They want to make very sure you do not read Hegel out of context. We have an exceptionally long introduction that predefines what philosophy is and the related sciences. Finally, we have an overview of Hegel's system by comparing it to Mr. Herbert Spencer. We also get coverage of other thinkers such as Johann Friedrich Herbart, Kant, Schopenhauer, Leibniz, Fichte, Goethe, Aristotle, Boëthius, etc. They even toss in quotes in Latin form, Terentius. This work is very wordy, as is most work of the time; so, get used to wordy sentences that could be expressed today with less flamboyance. There is also some overlap of the same thoughts in different sections; it may be seen as a redundancy, but it is necessary to make a new point of insight. If you think this is an all-the-way-out theory, keep reading, as Hegel shows how it applies to everyday life, as in politics. Speaking of politics, there is a lot of information on the nature of the rational mind. You will come away with the feeling that you have more than your money's worth.