Hegel's Philosophy of right (Hardcover)

by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (Author) "34. The absolutely free will, at the stage when its concept is abstract, has the determinate character of immediacy..." (more)
Key Phrases: inner universality, infinite judgement, determinate existence, Herr von Haller, Phenomenology of Mind (more...)

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Product Description
A translation of 'Naturrecht und Staatswissenschaft im Grundisse' and 'Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts.' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author
G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831) is one of the great figures in the history of Western thought, and the most important philosopher of his time. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 382 pages
• Publisher: Clarendon Press (1965)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0007J7F9I
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars get the wood and nisbet edition, April 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Philosophy of Right (Galaxy Books) (Paperback)

Okay this edition's servicable, but it's a long sight from being good. The Wood and Nisbet edition in the "Cambridge Texts in the History of Social Though" is noticeably superior to the Knox edition. The Cambridge edition is a somewhat more accurate and readable translation, is much better organized, and has an excellent introduction by Wood; all the Knox edition has going for it is a nicer cover.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brian Wayne Wells, Esquire, reviews "Philosophy of Right", January 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Philosophy of Right (Galaxy Books) (Paperback)

This is an excellent 1967 translation of the classic 1821 book written by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. The book is unabridged and offers the reader a view into the monumental system developed by Hegel in the 19th Century.

Although the "continental philosophy" of Hegel is now out of fashion in scholastic/philosophical circles in the United States, (abandoned, in large part, for the "analytic philosophy" of Rudolf Carnap), this book offers the reader a chance to see Hegel applying his most important concept--the dialectics--to law, rights, morality, the family, economic life and the state.

Universal right is defined as the synthesis of the conflict and struggle between the thesis of a person acting in accordance with the law and the (sometimes) antithesis of the person's desire to act in accordance with thier own convictions. The State is must mold itself to allow individuals to satisfy the demands of both, in order to bring about harmony and prosperity in human society--the perfect synthesis.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hegel's Encyclopaedia of Social Life, April 3, 2000

By	De Val (Belgium) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philosophy of Right (Galaxy Books) (Paperback)

The book is a fascinating encyclopaedia of human life in all its social dimensions starting from our relation to a thing (property) and going on to relation between states in world history. Hegel's categorisation of social institutions contains some contraversial statements. But they all add to the fascination of reading the book.

Unfortunatelly Knox's translation does make it very difficult to comprehend some crucial passages, especially where Hegel's deals with the concept of Right in refined speculative terms. It also contains some basic mistakes which make a comparative reading of the English and the German text an anoying experience.