the philosophy of spirit georg wilhelm friedrich hegel

The thirty-six-year-old Hegel, then teaching at Jena, finished the book around the time of the historic Battle of Jena, in which Napoleon crushed the Prussian army in the vicinity of Hegel’s university town. THE Phenomenology of Spirit is the mature Hegel’s first systematic work, which practically laid the ground for the rest of his system. In memory of Yaakov (Eugène) Fleischmann Contents Truth.īritish Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770–1831. Includes bibliographical references and index.ġ. Hegel’s preface to the Phenomenology of spirit / Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel translation and running commentary by Yirmiyahu Yovel. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press,ģ Market Place, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1SY Requests for permissions to reproduce material from this work should be sent to Permissions, Princeton University PressĤ1 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS = PRINCETON AND OXFORD Hegel’s Preface to the Phenomenology of Spirit His approach is faithful to the historical Hegel while reconstructing Hegel's ideas within their own context. The commentator refrains from playing down (as many interpreters do today) those aspects of Hegel's thought that are less acceptable in our time, and abstains from mixing his own philosophical preferences with his reading of Hegel's text. The commentary often goes beyond the particular phrase in the text to provide systematic context and explain related topics in Hegel and his predecessors (including Kant, Spinoza, and Aristotle, as well as Fichte, Schelling, Hölderlin, and others). Together they offer a lucid and elegant explanation of the text and elucidate difficult issues in Hegel, making his claims and intentions intelligible to the beginner while offering interesting and original insights to the scholar and advanced student. The heart of the book is the detailed commentary, supported by an introductory essay. At the same time, it is more faithful to the original than any previous translation. This new translation combines readability with maximum precision, breaking Hegel's long sentences and simplifying their often complex structure. The Preface to Hegel's first major work, the Phenomenology of Spirit, lays the groundwork for all his other writing by explaining what is most innovative about Hegel's philosophy. This is a new translation, with running commentary, of what is perhaps the most important short piece of Hegel's writing.

The philosophy of spirit georg wilhelm friedrich hegel