Hegel on Observation and Self-observation (From Phenomenology of Spirit)

Title page of first edition of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1807).

This post is a commented abstract of the first third of the reason chapter of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1807), which deals with logic, psychology and other sciences of human self-observation.

"Religion expresses what spirit is earlier in time than science." (Part Two)

Church carving of Christ's crucifixion, in Stuttgart Landesmuseum

This and the previous post are a reading of the section of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) on Christianity. In this post, I deal with the final section on the doctrine of the church.

"Religion expresses what spirit is earlier in time than science." (Part One)

Church carving of Christ's crucifixion, in Stuttgart Landesmuseum

This and the following post are a reading of the section of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) on Christianity. The title quote is from Phenomenology (para 802), translating "Wissenschaft" as science.

Review of "Hegel's Career and Politics" by Mehmet Tabak

We review a recent Hegel-biography, Hegel's Career and Politics: The Making of the Most Famous Philosopher in Germany, 1788-1831, by Mehmet Tabak.