Hegel's Science of Logic [Paperback]

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (Author), A. V. Miller (Translator)

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Publication Date: March 1989

Most of the major schools of contemporary philosophy, from Marxism to Existentialism, are reactions to Hegelianism and all, if they are to be understood, require some understanding of Hegel's "Logic". From its first appearance in 1812, this work has been recognised by both admirers and detractors alike as being the absolute foundation of Hegel's system.

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Text: English, German (translation) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 844 pages
• Publisher: Humanity Books (March 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573922803
• ISBN-13: 978-1573922807
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #328,295 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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43 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor rating for the binding, not the book., March 16, 2005

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This review is from: Hegel's Science of Logic (Paperback)

An online review is a particularly inapt place to try to comment on the Logic itself - so I'll not do so. I will point out, however, that this is the most poorly bound book I have ever purchased. If one buys this book, chances are it will see some use - yet with even the most casual reading, the pages begin to separate from the spine. Anything more than casual reading will see the pages plumb fall out.

While there's a certain amount of poetic justice to this - it's a reminder, a propos of Hegel, that the material instantiation will fall away, leaving the essential, conceptual core in its wake - that's cold comfort after paying $35. I would recommend, if at all possible, that you try to find a hardcover edition.

38 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest books ever written in Western Philosophy, August 2, 2000

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Paul Trejo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hegel's Science of Logic (Paperback)

In his Preface Hegel states he will defend Metaphysics, a science that has fallen into disrepute since the days of Kant. He does this with great skill and uncommon insight. His method is a new operator in Logic, the Speculative operator (popularly known as the Dialectic), and Hegel demonstrates the use of this new operator from the most Abstract to the most Concrete categories possible. In his Introduction Hegel states that his book will show forth 'the mind of God before the creation of the world and a finite spirit.' Decide for yourself if he was successful in this, but I say he was. This book is not usually well-received by the modernist, while the postmodernist will condemn these ideas as 'Logomachy.' Nevertheless, Hegel's SCIENCE OF LOGIC (1812) has had an enormous impact upon the avant-garde and upon some of the most influential intellectuals that history has ever seen. In this book Hegel incorporates the Categories of Kant in a new, metaphysical paradigm and demonstrates to those who struggle to follow his New Logic that God is Real, the Real is Spirit, Spirit is Mind, Mind is Reason and Reason is the Goal of all History. Others have rightly said that God is the Goal of all History, but Hegel fleshes out the details with scientific precision and invites scientific criticism of his new logical operator. (Note: This is a book for experts and specialists. If you have not yet read Kant, do not expect to understand even a single page of this technical tome.) For the student of modern philosophy, this book is a rocket ship to your next destination at the apex of Western Philosophy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars On the binding..., September 19, 2011

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This review is from: Hegel's Science of Logic (Paperback)

Having finished all of the labyrinthine Phenomenology of Spirit, I ordered his Science of Logic. Having received it in the mail promptly and in good condition, I began to peruse through the 'matter in hand.' Not 5 minutes had passed before it began to 'sunder' itself away from its binding; before I finished Hegel's prefaces entire chunks of this text were splitting apart from itself. I don't understand how the publisher could have thought this could hold up for all the use it inherently would have to go through for a proper study of this text. Study Hegel, yes. Study the green and white "Science of Logic," not unless you want to read it with the 800 page book falling apart as you glance through the table of contents.