This is the first complete translation in over 150 years of what many consider to be Hegel's most accessible work. The Lectures on the Philosophy of History are a tour-de-force, an audacious attempt to summarize world history and the purpose behind it. Was Hegel the progenitor of the power-state that unified Germany became? The Lectures, the mature fruit of Hegel's thought, provide many relevant clues. Hegel saw the growth of freedom as the purpose behind history, but he also argued that such freedom could not take root and flourish apart from a state able to impose and enforce the rule of law.

Containing Biographical Notices Of Their Pastors.

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This is the first complete translation in over 150 years of what many consider to be Hegel's most accessible work. The Lectures on the Philosophy of History are a tour-de-force, an audacious attempt to summarize world history and the purpose behind it. Was Hegel the progenitor of the power-state that unified Germany became? The Lectures, the mature fruit of Hegel's thought, provide many relevant clues. Hegel saw the growth of freedom as the purpose behind history, but he also argued that such freedom could not take root and flourish apart from a state able to impose and enforce the rule of law.

In the "Introduction to the Philosophy of History," Hegel describes his remarkably influential idea that history is more than just a record or analysis of political events. Instead, Hegel sees history as a process through which reason and freedom become conscious of themselves by developing the spirit of a people, which will then express itself in the spirit of an age, which is, in turn, embodied in the continuously evolving forms of nations.

Containing Biographical Notices Of Their Pastors.