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| Original title | Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Weltgeschichte |
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| Language | German |
Publication date | 1837 |
| Text | Lectures on the Philosophy of History at Internet Archive |
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Lectures on the Philosophy of History, also translated as Lectures on the Philosophy of World History[1] (LPH; German: Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Weltgeschichte, VPW), is a major work by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831), originally given as lectures at the University of Berlin in 1822, 1828, and 1830. It presents world history in terms of the Hegelian philosophy in order to show that history follows the dictates of reason and that the natural progress of history is due to the outworking of absolute spirit.
The text was originally published in 1837 by the editor Eduard Gans, six years after Hegel's death, utilizing Hegel's own lecture notes as well as those found that were written by his students. A second German edition was compiled by Hegel's son, Karl, in 1840. A third German edition, edited by Georg Lasson, was published in 1917.
- ^ Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1975). Lectures on the philosophy of world history. Introduction, reason in history. (translated from the German edition of Johannes Hoffmeister from Hegel papers assembled by H. B. Nisbet). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-28145-4.