Haym's Defection from the Hegelian Logic

French translation of Hegel und seine Zeit (1857).

This is an analysis of Rudolf Haym’s clear-sighted lecture on Hegel's Science of Logic from his classic book Hegel and His Time (1857). 

The Absolute Idea (Part Three)

First English translation of Hegel's Science of Logic (1929).

In this last of our three posts on the Absolute Idea section of Hegel's Science of Logic (1816), we discuss the idea of philosophical system, the relation of logical categories to the concrete sciences, and the notion of creation. 

The Absolute Idea (Part Two)

First English edition of Science of Logic (1929)

In this post, we discuss the paragraphs on the method of logic dealing with beginning and development from the Absolute Idea section of Hegel's Science of Logic (1816).

The Absolute Idea (Part One)

First English edition of Hegel's Science of Logic (1929).

This is the first of three posts analysing Hegel's essay on the "Absolute Idea" in his Science of Logic (1816), in which he addresses the method of logical science in general and its place in his philosophical system.

Minor Philological Note

First English translation of Hegel's Science of Logic.

This post identifies a reference to the Phenomenology of Spirit in Hegel's Science of Logic from the original editions.

Hegel on Teleology and Life

Teleology in action: plants strive for the sunlight in Queensland, Australia.    

This post analyses Hegel’s view of teleology, or apparent purpose in nature, in his Science of Logic.