Phänomenologie des Geistes

Cambridge Hegel Translations

by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

»Der Mut der Wahrheit, der Glaube an die Macht des Geistes ist die erste Bedingung der Philosophie. Der Mensch, da er Geist ist, darf und soll sich selbst des Höchsten
würdig achten, von der Größe und Macht seines Geistes kann er nicht groß genug denken.« (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel)

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Classics, Theory, German Literature, History, Metaphysics

544 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1807

About the author

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) was a German philosopher and one of the founding figures of German Idealism. Influenced by Kant's transcendental idealism and Rousseau's politics, Hegel formulated an elaborate system of historical development of ethics, government, and religion through the dialectical unfolding of the Absolute. Hegel was one of the most well-known historicist philosopher, and his thought presaged continental philosophy, including postmodernism. His system was inverted into a materialist ideology by Karl Marx, originally a member of the Young Hegelian faction.