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Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy - Volume 1
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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It seems to be expressed by such a view that human action as regards Nature is ungodly; that the operations of Nature are divine operations, but what man produces is ungodly. But the prod. . . Read More
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Hegel does a thorough review and summary of all the pre-Socratic philosophers up to Plato, showing the progression and development of philosophy over time and the unfolding of World Spirit. He shows how each philosopher contributed foundationally to philosophy, such as contributing to the primitive
I have read quite a number of histories of Greek philosophy. Each one has given me a different perspective. An academic is likely to rehearse this material many times over years and even decades. A general reader needs histories like this one to help build the dense network of associations necessary
Excellent:
Ionians:
1) Thales (all water)
2)Anaximander (infinitude)
3) Anaximenes (all air)
Pythagoreans: Unity, Duality, Triads. Musical Octaves based on 1:2 ratio.
Eleatics:
1) Xenophanes: One God, the Absolute
2) Parmednides: Being is Existing
3) Zeno: How can one ever get to the finish line if they
Hegel is a lot to take. Your would think that 'the Idea' had been figured out circa 1830 or so, when Hegel was at his peak, and the 'science' of philosophy had been settled all those many years ago. The rest is history, right?
Well. But this is only one facet of Hegel, which includes a lot of great s
(It seems that old Yugoslavian edition (1st volume) is only from Thales to Anaxagoras. Maybe Goodreed's editions are not compatible with that one I read; anyway I decided to write review as they are the same and I will end up with Anaxagoras.)
After reading many overviews about history of philosophy,
I may have put off reading Hegel’s History of Philosophy too long, regarding it (along with his Philosophy of History) as minor works derived from lecture notes rather than actual published works. I think his History of Philosophy is a great contribution to his conception of philosophy, complementin
Some brilliant ideas and amazing insight but not at all light reading. Hegel also has a habit of repeating himself which can become tiring. Definitely worth reading though.