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Title: The Philosophy of History by George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, J. Sibree, Georg Wilhelm Friedri Hegel ISBN: 0-87975-631-4 Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: December, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A view into the history of reason
Comment: This book was wonderful. It shouldn't be read as a history but more as a philosophy. Even there, it is a bit short of the greats. Why then do I call it wonderful? It is a view into the past intelligentsia. His history is antiquated; from a modern perspective some of it is wrong. However, it is great to see the history of views about history and the philosophy of them. I am not a pursuer of the P.C., and understand that the context of civilization, at his time, is the molder of his views. Old books such as this are windows into time and are treasures to be cherished. As far as his philosophy I intend to read more of his work in the future to get a better perspective, but I found it interesting. I am on board with Hegel in that we should pursue our Ideal of the Greek Golden Era to maintain a lofty goal for civilization. Which can be summed up by Thucydides in his description of Athenian life; "We love the beautiful, but without ostentation or extravagance; we philosophize without being seduced thereby into effeminacy and inactivity (for when men give themselves up to Thought, they get further and further from the Practical--from activity for the public, for the common weal). We are bold and daring; but this courageous energy in action does not prevent us from giving ourselves an account of what we undertake (we have a clear consciousness respecting it); among other nations, on the contrary, martial daring has its basis in deficiency of culture: we know best how to distinguish between the agreeable and the irksome; notwithstanding which, we do not shrink from perils."
Rating: 5
Summary: Hegel's most accessible introduction to his thought
Comment: Philosophy of History is Hegel's most accessible introduction to his thought.
The introduction and preface are the most valuable parts of the book.
Much of the book is only of historical interest. His history of Greece, Rome, Israel and the Germans cannot be taken seriously anymore. There are racist and jingoist views in this book that seriously date it.
On the other hand, the book clearly expresses Hegel's spiritual philosophy of an evolving God who learns from the history of the world that is his thought.
For those who are looking for an introduction to Hegel that is written in his own words, this book is invaluable.
Rating: 5
Summary: This book gives new meaning to the history!!
Comment: Hegel didn't see the historical events as mere chances or something that happen by itself.. He believes that there has to be reason that cause all the historical events.. That reason is the struggle for freedom of human kinds. This central theme is presented through out the book. The way Hegel present the history is not through chronological order but he present it as being from East to West. This representation of the his history is very interesting in itself. By the time that Hegel wrote Philosophy of History, China was still under imperial rule therefore chinese could have much of the freedom. One of the criticism that I have on Hegel is that he threat the Far East as the strange and unrelated area.. Next interesting point that I found in this book is that the western civilization start from Greek.. (I definitely agree with him because Greek is the birth place of western philosophy, art, and politics).. By the time Roman take over the Europe, the center of culture m! ove from Athens to Rome..(Here, again everything moved from East to West). During the Roman Era, there were struggles of people against imperialism... In the sections about Roman, he wrote about the development of Christianity. As an advocated Christian, Hegel believed that Christianity is the divined political plan for people to be free from Roman Emperor.. (That's my interpretion of the Hegel's section on Christianity. It may be different from Hegel original idea) The last section he used Germany as the example of how modern nation evolved. In other word, he traced the history of Germany from barbaric period, to age of Holy Roman Empire, to the era of Germanic empire.. The transition from Holy Roman Empire to the Germanic Empire is the struggle for freedom from Catholic church by Germanic states...
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Title: Phenomenology of Spirit by A.V. Miller, Georg Wilhelm Friedri Hegel, A. V. Miller, J. N. Findlay ISBN: 0198245971 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: February, 1979 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Hegel's Philosophy of Right by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedri Hegel, T. M. Knox ISBN: 0195002768 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: December, 1967 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Marx-Engels Reader by Karl Marx, New York :, Friedrich Selections. English. 1978 Engels, Robert C. Tucker ISBN: 039309040X Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: May, 1978 List Price(USD): $26.30 |
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Title: Capital: A Critique of Political Economy (Penguin Classics) by Karl Marx, Ben Fowkes, J. M. Cohen ISBN: 0140445684 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: New Science: Principles of the New Science Concerning the Common Nature of Nations (Penguin Classics) by Giambattista Vico, Anthony Grafton, David Marsh ISBN: 0140435697 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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