Hegel: Lectures on the History of Philosophy 1825-6 Volume I: Introduction and Oriental Philosophy

by Brown Brown, Robert F.

• ISBN13: 9780199568932
• ISBN10: 0199568936
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Hegel Lectures Series:Hegel's lectures have had as great a historical impact as the works he himself published. Important elements of his system are elaborated only in the lectures, especially those given in Berlin during the last decade of his life. The original editors conflated materials from different sources anddates, obscuring the development and logic of Hegel's thought. The Hegel Lectures series is based on a selection of extant and recently discovered transcripts and manuscripts. The original lecture series are reconstructed so that the structure of Hegel's argument can be followed. Each volumepresents an accurate new translation accompanied by an editorial introduction and annotations on the text, which make possible the identification of Hegel's many allusions and sources.Hegel's interpretation of the history of philosophy not only played a central role in the shaping of his own thought, but also has had a great influence on the development of historical thinking. In his own view the study of the history of philosophy is the study of philosophy itself. Thisexplains why such a large proportion of his lectures, from 1805 to 1831, the year of his death, were about history of philosophy. The text of these lectures, presented here in the first authoritative English edition, is therefore a document of the greatest importance in the development of Westernthought: they constitute the very first comprehensive history of philosophy that treats philosophy itself as undergoing genuine historical development. And they are crucial for understanding Hegel's own systematic works such as the Phenomenology, the Logic, and the Encyclopedia, for central to histhought is the theme of spirit as engaged in self-realization through the processes of historical change. Furthermore, they played a crucial role in one of the determining events of modern intellectual history: the rise of a new consciousness of human life, culture, and intellect as historical innature. This third volume of the lectures covers the medieval and modern periods, and includes fascinating discussion of scholastic, Renaissance, and Reformation philosophy, and of such great modern thinkers as Descartes, Locke, Leibniz, and especially Kant.

Author Biography

Robert Brown is Professor Emeritus at the University of Delaware.

Table of Contents

Preface
List of Abbreviations
Editorial Introduction

The Lectures of 1825-6
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 1a The History of Philosophy as a Philosophical Topic Introduction
Chapter 1b The Divisions of the History of Philosophy and the Literature on It
Chapter 2 Oriental Philosophy
Chapter 2a Introduction
Chapter 2b Chinese Philosophy
Chapter 2c Indian Philosophy

Introductions to the Other Lecture Series
Chapter 1 Explanation of Editorial Practices
Chapter 2 The Introductions
Chapter 2a The 1819 Lectures
Chapter 2b The 1820-1 Lectures
Chapter 2c The 1823-4 Lectures
Chapter 2d The 1827-8 Lectures
Chapter 2e The 1829-30 Lectures
Chapter 2f The 1831 Lectures

Glossary
Bibliography of Hegel's Sources for the Introduction and Oriental Philosophy
Index
PREFACE
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION
THE LECTURES OF 1825-6
1. Introduction
1a. The History of Philosophy as a Philosophical Topic Introduction
1b. The Divisions of the History of Philosophy and the Literature on It
2. Oriental Philosophy
2a. Introduction
2b. Chinese Philosophy
2c. Indian Philosophy
INTRODUCTIONS TO THE OTHER LECTURE SERIES
1. Explanation of Editorial Practices
2. The Introductions
2a. The 1819 Lectures
2b. The 1820-1 Lectures
2c. The 1823-4 Lectures
2d. The 1827-8 Lectures
2e. The 1829-30 Lectures
2f. The 1831 Lectures
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HEGEL'S SOURCES FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND ORIENTAL PHILOSOPHY
INDEX