Hegel's preface to the Phenomenology of spirit
By: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ; translation and running commentary by Yirmiyahu Yovel.
Contributors: Yovel, Yirmiahu.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831; Knowledge, Theory of; Spirit; Consciousness; Truth
Description: "This is a new translation, with running commentary, of what is perhaps the most important short piece of Hegel's writing. The Preface to Hegel's first major work, the Phenomenology of Spirit, lays the groundwork for all his other writing by explaining what is most innovative about Hegel's philosophy." "This new translation combines readability with maximum precision, breaking Hegel's long sentences and simplifying their often complex structure. At the same time, it is more faithful to the original than any previous translation."

"The commentator refrains from playing down (as many interpreters do today) those aspects of Hegel's thought that are less acceptable in our time, and abstains from mixing his own philosophical preferences with his reading of Hegel's text. His approach is faithful to the historical Hegel while reconstructing Hegel's ideas within their own context."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.