Reissue from the classic Muirhead Library of Philosophy series (originally published between 1890s - 1970s).

Complete and unabridged, this edition of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's 1821 classic offers a comprehensive view of the philosopher's influential system. In the "Philosophy of Right, " Hegel applies his most important concept the dialectics to law, rights, morality, the family, economics, and the state. The last of Hegel's works to be published in his lifetime, this volume combines moral and political philosophy to form a sociologic view dominated by the idea of the state. Hegel defines universal right as the synthesis between the thesis of an individual acting in accordance with the law and...

In 1828, G. W. F. Hegel published a critical review of Johann George Hamann, a retrospective of the life and works of one of Germany's most enigmatic and challenging thinkers and writers. While Hegel's review had enjoyed a central place in Hamann studies since its appearance, "Hegel on Hamann "is the first English translation of the important work. Philosophers, theologians, and literary critics welcome Anderson's stunning translation since Hamann is gaining renewed attention, not only as a key figure of German intellectual history, but also as an early forerunner of postmodern thought....

Zu Hegels verschiedenen Vorlesungen uber die -Philosophie des Rechts- gab es bisher jeweils nur eine Mit- oder Nachschrift seiner Schuler. Deshalb liess sich schwer einschatzen, inwieweit diese die sich andernden Vorstellungen Hegels uber Recht und Staatsverfassung authentisch wiedergaben. Die neu aufgetauchte und erstmals kritisch edierte Nachschrift K. W. L. Heyses stammt aus dem Wintersemester 1822/23, aus dem es bisher die Mitschrift H. G. Hothos gab. Beide erganzen sich gegenseitig und zeigen, dass Hotho und Heyse Hegels Darlegungen genau verfolgt und in verkurzter Form notiert haben....