Hegel: The Great Philosophers

by Raymond Plant

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, History

64 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 1973

Reviews

[Shahin Ghaeminejad · Rating 2 out of 5]

مقدر است که فیلسوفان در پایان هر راهی که سفر می کنند هگل را بردبارانه منتظر خود بیابند...

نمی دانم شاید بهتر بود نویسنده، کتاب را تنها به وقایع نگاری زندگی هگل اختصاص دهد. هرطور حساب کنید چکیده ی اندیشه اش در ۷۰ صفحه نمی گنجد.
این کتاب یکی از کتب مجموعه فیلسوفان بزرگ است که نشر آگه آنان را ترجمه و منتشر کرده. بخشی از کتاب به زندگی شخصی هگل و بخشی دیگر (که قسمت اعظم را شامل می شود) به توضیح خلاصه ای از اندیشه ی هگل می پردازد. و در نهایت هردو را بی حاصل رها می کند.

[Cengiz · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this work Plant investigates into Hegel's political philosophy through which Hegel tries
to reinvigorate the ancient city state's unity of public and private domains. Since in the city-states
individuals could take part in public space all the free citizens were political and free.
In modern state Hegel tried to reconcile personal space with public space. He leaves no room for
individuals except for in state. Therefore, for Hegel when personal act concides with state's act, then individual actualize his self and becomes free. So, he acts rationally. For Hegel, "what is rational is actual, what is actual is rational", the actual was modern state so he who obeys the rules
put by the state acts rationally.
Modern free individual is rational and manifestation of the self which is in search of self-recognition.

[Abubakar Mehdi · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is an informative and succinct analysis of Hegel's philosophy of religion. A good introduction for someone who just wants to get the gist of his views on theology and religion.

[R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Plant focuses on Hegel’s panentheism as his cure for fragmentation in the modern world and contrasts it to the current fashion of frowning on meta-narratives.

[Stephen Bauer · Rating 5 out of 5]

The subject matter is very abstract, yet the text is very clear and concise. Hegel comes across as a philosopher, a theologian, and a philosopher of religion. He is choc-full of assumptions, logic, and propositions about God, Christianity, and the world, but many of them seem grounded in and clouded by the time and place in which he lived. Hegel greatly admired the the Greek city states of antiquity, and the seeming unity of all aspects of life. He compared them to his own society and, especially under the influence of certain German poets (Holderlin, Schelling) at the time, he observed a great deal of fragmentation in modern society, between God and man, man and society, man and nature, and within each individual's personality in terms of reason, feeling, and imagination. Hegel blames Christianity for causing this fragmentation, yet sees Christianity as containing the potential solution.

Hegel believed that God was undetectable and essentially unknowable, yet he believed in the religious sense--that the existence of God could be sensed intuitively. He believed that the world--the universe was God's self revelation. I largely agree with Hegel about the relationship between philosophy and religion, that philosophy transcends religion. We owe to Hegel, the concept of the dialectic of course. I support Hegel's emphasis on the need for the world to find a common purpose and sense of community, as well as his emphasis that philosophy must also be based on personal, cultural, and social experience.

[Robert Wood · Rating 3 out of 5]

Certainly a better introduction to the topic than the somewhat fragmentary attempt by Allen Speight, Raymond Plant makes an effort to examine the entirety of Hegel's career, and also attempts to argue that his early writings are significant to the understanding of his canonical works. However, Plant provides a more comprehensive look at both the influences of Hegel, and his developing understanding of the role of philosophy in understanding and reconciling yourself to the world. In particular, Plant engages with Hegel's reading of political economy, and recognizes how his engagement with that material leads to a series of profound shifts in thinking. In any case, I'm off to look at Marcuse and Lukacs on the topic.

[Chris Comis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm convinced that one of Hegel's biggest problems philosophically, was that he really did not understand the Trinity. He really did try to do Trinitarian philosophy, but he relied too much on his own understanding and not enough on the Scriptures, and secondarily, on those theologians and philosophers who had gone before him and had already blazed some significant Trinitarian trail. But anyway, this book is a good introduction to Hegel.

[Marcus · Rating 4 out of 5]

You should probably ignore the crap review from "Trevor". This is a brilliant and simply explained introduction to Hegel's philosophy of religion which also turns out to be a good route into Hegel's philosophy more generally.

[Greig Roselli · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm reading this as a stepping stone to the primary source. Book is succinct on Hegel's philosophy of religion.

[Kody Dibble · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome views on life, God and the beyond

[Fred · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay, but wasn't crazy for it.