G. W. F. Hegel (1770–1831), the influential German philosopher, believed that human history was advancing spiritually and morally according to God’s purpose. At the beginning of this masterwork, Hegel writes: “What the history of Philosophy shows us is a succession of noble minds, a gallery of heroes of thought, who, by the power of Reason, have penetrated into the being of things, of nature and of spirit, into the Being of God, and have won for us by their labours the highest treasure, the treasure of reasoned knowledge.” In his introduction to this Bison Book edition, Frederick C. Beiser notes the complex and controversial history of Hegel’s text. He makes a case that this English-language translation by E. S. Haldane and Frances H. Simson is still the most reliable one.
Colleges over de geschiedenis van de filosofie Reeks
Deze serie duikt in het rijke tapijt van het westerse filosofische denken en volgt de evolutie van ideeën van de oudheid tot de moderne tijd. Het onderzoekt de cruciale concepten en systemen van grote denkers die ons begrip van bestaan, kennis en moraal hebben gevormd. Lezers worden uitgenodigd op een fascinerende reis door de geschiedenis van ideeën en hun blijvende impact op de menselijke samenleving. Deze collectie is een essentiële bron voor iedereen die de fundamenten van ons intellectuele erfgoed wil begrijpen.



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G. W. F. Hegel (1770–1831), the influential German philosopher, believed that human history was advancing spiritually and morally according to God's purpose. At the beginning of Lectures on the History of Philosophy, Hegel writes: "What the history of Philosophy shows us is a succession of noble minds, a gallery of heroes of thought, who, by the power of Reason, have penetrated into the being of things, of nature and of spirit, into the Being of God, and have won for us by their labours the highest treasure, the treasure of reasoned knowledge." Volume 2 of Lectures on the History of Philosophy, titled Plato and the Platonists for this Bison Books edition, introduces the most renowned disciple of Socrates and the theory of Platonic forms before moving to Plato's disciple, Aristotle, whose advance to scientific thinking is carefully detailed. The subsequent increasing systematization and sophistication of philosophy leads to a discussion of the Stoics, Epicureans, and Sceptics. The first period in the history of philosophy comes to maturity with Plotinus in the third century B.C.
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"Originally published in 1840 as Geschichte der philosophie; Reprinted from the original 1896 translation published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Treeubner & Co., Ltd., London"--T.p. verso.