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Among the most influential parts of the philosophy of G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831) were his ethics, his theory of the state, and his philosophy of history. The Philosophy of Right (Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts) (1821), the last work published in Hegel's lifetime, is a combined system of moral and political philosophy, or a sociology dominated by the idea of the state. Here Hegel repudiates his earlier assessment of the French Revolution as a "a marvelous sunrise" in the realization of liberty. Rejecting the republican form of government, he espouses an idealized form of a constitutional monarchy, whose ultimate power rests with the sovereign.
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G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831) is one of the great figures in the history of Western thought, and the most important philosopher of his time.
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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This is an excellent 1967 translation of the classic 1821 book written by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. The book is unabridged and offers the reader a view into the monumental system developed by Hegel in the 19th Century.
Although the "continental philosophy" of Hegel is now out of fashion in scholastic/philosophical circles in the United States, (abandoned, in large part, for the "analytic philosophy" of Rudolf Carnap), this book offers the reader a chance to see Hegel applying his most important concept--the dialectics--to law, rights, morality, the family, economic life and the state.
Universal right is defined as the synthesis of the conflict and struggle between the thesis of a person acting in accordance with the law and the (sometimes) antithesis of the person's desire to act in accordance with thier own convictions. The State is must mold itself to allow individuals to satisfy the demands of both, in order to bring about harmony and prosperity in human society--the perfect synthesis.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The Dover edition is a nineteenth century translation by SW Dyde. The OUP edition is a mid-twentieth century translation by TM Knox. There is also a more recent Cambridge edition that has revised Knox. My view is that the first Dyde translation is readable and relatively jargon-free and even with some additions of Hegel's students from posthumous German editions, it is a more focused read than the others.
The content of the Philosophy of Right is 'objective mind', by which Hegel means legal institutions and the state in its internal and external relations. He writes from the standpoint of seeing a historical rationale in positive social arrangements. This is expressed in the famous 'what is real is rational' remark in the introduction. Hegel of course is criticised for not contesting social arrangements, though this is not entirely fair.
The book is only part of a larger system, though it can be read alone. It is a good introduction to his thinking for those with some background in social or legal studies. To my mind though, the best introduction to those coming to Hegel for the first time is the introductory chapters to Hegel's Encyclopaedia Logic, reproduced in Weiss's 'Hegel: the Essential Writings'. Hegel remains one of the world's great philosophers, but expect to have to struggle with both his language and the concentrated power of his thought.
The content of the Philosophy of Right is 'objective mind', by which Hegel means legal institutions and the state in its internal and external relations. He writes from the standpoint of seeing a historical rationale in positive social arrangements. This is expressed in the famous 'what is real is rational' remark in the introduction. Hegel of course is criticised for not contesting social arrangements, though this is not entirely fair.
The book is only part of a larger system, though it can be read alone. It is a good introduction to his thinking for those with some background in social or legal studies. To my mind though, the best introduction to those coming to Hegel for the first time is the introductory chapters to Hegel's Encyclopaedia Logic, reproduced in Weiss's 'Hegel: the Essential Writings'. Hegel remains one of the world's great philosophers, but expect to have to struggle with both his language and the concentrated power of his thought.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Hegel's hymn of glory to the Prussian State apparatus. It forms the culminating point of a three volume set and like much of Hegel's other work is merely self serving baloney dressed up as profound philosophy. Having declared himself to be God in the Aesthetics (with philosophy being accorded the pinnacle of mankind's cultural evolution at the end of three volumes)and the "Philosophy of History" (where Germanic races are seen to be the culminating point of that same "dialectical" struggle)it was only left for "God" to declare what compromised the ultimate form of government, which he does so here.
People who take Hegel seriously have clearly never read him properly.
People who take Hegel seriously have clearly never read him properly.
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