Introduction to the Lectures on the History of Philosophy [Paperback]

This new translation of the first volume of Hegel'sLectures on the History of Philosophyincludes material not available to Haldane and Simson when they made their translation nearly 100 years ago. Indispensable for the student of Hegel, it can also serve as an introduction to Hegel's conception of philosophy for the general reader.

Likely to become the standard English version...provides one of the best ways into the forbidding world of Hegel's thought....The new translation is excellent: both careful and at the same time readable. --Philosophical Books

Can serve to introduce the student to his general system....The beginner will...appreciate theIntroduction, for...it serves to make clear in relatively simple terms Hegel's general intention. --The Modern Schoolman