Hegel: Lectures on the Philosophy of World History, Volume I Manuscripts of the Introduction and the Lectures of 1822-1823

by Brown, Robert F; Hodgson, Peter C

• ISBN13: 9780199601707
• ISBN10: 0199601704
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-06-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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 and dates, 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. Lectures from specific years are reconstructed so that the structure of Hegel's argument can be followed. Each volume presents 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. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Robert F. Brown is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Delaware. He is the editor of Hegel: Lectures on the History of Philosophy, published in three volumes by Oxford University Press.

Peter C. Hodgson is Charles G. Finney Professor of Theology Emeritus, at Divinity School, Vanderbilt University. He studied for his AB degree at Princeton University and his BD degree at Yale Divinity School, and completed his MA and PhD at Yale University. Hodgson is the author and editor of over twenty books, and the series editor of the Oxford Hegel Lectures Series.

Table of Contents

Editorial Introduction	p. 1
The Lectures on the Philosophy of World History	p. 1
Manuscripts of the Introduction	p. 2
The Transcriptions of the Lectures	p. 5
Previous Editions and This Edition	p. 6
Analytic Summary of the Texts	p. 11
Manuscript: Introductory Fragment, 1822, 1828	p. 11
Manuscript: Introduction, 1830-1	p. 12
Transcription of the Lectures of 1822-3	p. 20
Introduction: The Concept of World History	p. 20
The Course of World History	p. 31
The Oriental World	p. 31
The Greek World	p. 43
The Roman World	p. 50
The Germanic World	p. 55
Manuscripts of the Introduction
Introductory Fragment, 1822, 1828	p. 67
Introduction, 1830-1	p. 78
The General Concept of World History	p. 79
The Actualization of Spirit in History	p. 86
The General Definition of Spirit as Intrinsically Free	p. 87
The Means of Spirit's Actualization: Passions, Interests, Ideals	p. 89
The Material of Spirit's Actualization: the State	p. 100
The Constitution	p. 104
The Course of World History	p. 107
The Principle of Development	p. 107
The Stages of Development	p. 110
The Beginning of World History	p. 111
The Course of Development of World History	p. 118
Loose Sheets
Also Spectacles of Endless Complexities	p. 127
Course [of World History]	p. 128
The Lectures Of 1822-3
Introduction: The Concept of World History	p. 133
The Types of Treatment of History	p. 133
Original History	p. 133
Reflective History	p. 136
Philosophical World History	p. 140
The Idea of Human Freedom	p. 146
The Fabric of World History	p. 146
The Concept of Spirit	p. 147
The Beginning of History	p. 152
The Progress of History	p. 155
The End of History	p. 166
Human Passions and the Divine Idea	p. 169
The Nature of the State	p. 177
The State and the Actualization of Freedom	p. 177
The Constitution of the State	p. 181
The State and Religion, Art, Science, and Culture	p. 184
The State and Geography	p. 191
The Division of World History	p. 205
The Course of World History	p. 211
The Oriental World	p. 211
China	p. 211
The Historical Records of China	p. 211
The Shu-Jing	p. 215
The Main Elements in Chinese History	p. 219
Characteristics of the Chinese State	p. 223
The Moral Sphere, Subjective Freedom, and their Violation	p. 232
Ethical Customs	p. 237
The Sciences	p. 238
Art	p. 243
Religion	p. 243
India	p. 251
The Principle of India	p. 251
The Region of India	p. 255
The Castes	p. 257
Civil Legislation	p. 265
The Religious Sphere	p. 273
The State and its History	p. 281
Astronomy and Art	p. 290
India in the Framework of World History	p. 291
Buddhism and Lamaism	p. 295
Persia	p. 304
The Principle of the Persian Empire	p. 304
The Geography of Ancient Persia	p. 305
The Zend People, Language, and Books	p. 307
The Religion of Light	p. 310
Assyria and Babylonia	p. 316
Sources for Persia and the Persian Empire	p. 321
The Medes and the Chaldeans	p. 322
The Founding of the Persian Empire by Cy	p. 324
Features of the Persian Empire	p. 326
Phoenicia	p. 330
The Religion of Astarte and Adonis	p. 331
The Jewish Religion	p. 332
Egypt	p. 334
The Land of Enigmatic Marvels	p. 334
Egyptian History	p. 336
Features of the Land and Life of Egypt	p. 339
Religion and the Cycle of Nature	p. 343
Animal Worship	p. 349
How the Egyptians Envisaged Spirit	p. 355
Art and Architecture	p. 357
The Dead and Immortality	p. 359
Private or Particular Purpose	p. 363
Transition to Greece	p. 366
The Greek World	p. 371
The Periods of Greek History	p. 372
The Origins of The Greek Folk Spirit	p. 373
Who Are the Greeks?	p. 373
The First Social and Political Organization	p. 377
Greek Culture and Art	p. 382
Greek ReUgion	p. 387
The Constitution of Greece	p. 399
The Maturity of The Greek Spirit	p. 404
The Persian Wars	p. 405
Athens versus Sparta	p. 407
Decline And Fall	p. 413
The Peloponnesian War	p. 414
The Emergence of Thought	p. 415
The End of Greek Life and the Age of Alexander the Great	p. 420
The Roman World	p. 426
The Roman Spirit	p. 426
Introduction	p. 426
The Origins of Rome	p. 427
Marriage and the Social Order	p. 428
Roman Religion, Utility, and the Aristocracy	p. 433
The Periods of Roman History	p. 436
The Formation of Roman Power	p. 437
Early Kings, Patricians, and Plebeians	p. 437
Expansion and Conquest	p. 441
The World-Dominion of Rome	p. 442
Rome's Place on the World Stage	p. 442
The Emperors: One Will Dominates All	p. 445
The Arrival of Christianity	p. 447
The Truth of the Idea	p. 447
The Appearance of the Idea	p. 450
Consequences of Christianity for Life and the State	p. 457
The Downfall of Rome	p. 460
The Germanic World	p. 461
Introduction	p. 461
The Idea and Historical Particularity	p. 461
The Beginning of Europe: Three Groups of Nations	p. 464
The Periods of The History of The Germanic World	p. 467
The Preparation of The Early Middle Ages	p. 469
Commonality and Individuality	p. 469
The Triumph of Particularity	p. 473
The Abstract Unity of Islam and its Challenge to Europe	p. 474
The Middle Ages	p. 478
The Empire of Charlemagne	p. 478
Medieval Christianity	p. 479
Political Developments: Relations between Church and State	p. 482
The Quest for the Presence of Christ in the Church	p. 488
The Crusades	p. 492
The Turn to the External World and Nature	p. 494
The Transition To Modernity	p. 500
Art	p. 500
The Corruption of the Church	p. 501
The Reformation	p. 503
The Constellations of Europe after the Reformation	p. 507
The History of Modernity	p. 509
The Worldly Existence of the Modem Church: Wars of Religion	p. 509
The Formal Universality of Thought: The Natural Sciences	p. 514
The Turn to Concrete Actuality: The Enlightenment	p. 517
Conclusion	p. 521
Glossary	p. 523
Bibliography	p. 533
Name Index	p. 545
Subject Index	p. 553
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