This classic introduction to one of the most influential modern thinkers, G.W.F. Hegel (1770 1831) has been made even more comprehensive through the addition of four new chapters. New edition of a classic introduction to Hegel. Enables students to engage with many aspects of Hegel s philosophy. Offers an introduction to one of the most influential modern thinkers, G W F Hegel (1770-1831). This edition enables students to engage with many aspects of Hegel's philosophy. It covers the whole range of Hegel's mature thought. It relates Hegel's ideas to other thinkers, such as Luther, Descartes and Kant. Acknowledgements to the Second Edition viii Acknowledgements to the First Edition x List of Abbreviations xi Chronology xiii Introduction 1(3) History and Truth 4(22) The Historicity of Thought and Civilization 4(8) Comparing Civilizations 12(6) Self-consciousness and Historical Progress 18(3) History, Truth and Relativism 21(3) History and the Absolute 24(2) Thinking without Presuppositions 26(22) Thought and Freedom 26(4) From Indeterminate to Determinate Thought 30(6) The Method of Dialectical Thinking 36(7) Logic and Ontology 43(3) Logic, Science and History 46(2) Phenomenology and Natural Consciousness 48(19) Logic and Phenomenology 48(3) The Method of Phenomenology 51(3) Logic in Phenomenology 54(2) The Role of the `We' 56(2) Sense-certainty 58(3) From Certainty to Truth 61(2) Absolute Knowing: The Standpoint of Philosophy 63(4) The Path to Absolute Knowing 67(39) Self-consciousness and the Master-Slave Relation 67(4) Stoicism 71(3) The Unhappy Consciousness and Reason 74(4) Spirit and Absolute Freedom 78(4) Moral Spirit 82(4) Conscience 86(3) The Beautiful Soul, Evil and Forgiveness 89(7) Religion 96(3) Absolute Knowing 99(2) Phenomenology and Philosophy 101(5) Reason in Nature 106(16) From Logic to Nature 106(2) Nature: The Idea as the `Negative of Itself' 108(2) Reason and Nature's `System of Stages' 110(2) Contingency and the Limits of Philosophy 112(3) Philosophy and Natural Science 115(7) Space, Gravity and the Freeing of Matter 122(39) Space and Its Dimensions 122(5) Time 127(3) Place and Motion 130(1) Matter and Its Gravity 131(3) Mass, Inertia and Weight 134(4) Falling Bodies and Galileo's Law 138(6) The Solar System 144(3) Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion 147(6) Hegel and Newton 153(3) Hegel and Relativity 156(5) Life and Embodied Spirit 161(20) The `Ideal' Structure of Life 161(2) Chemistry and Life 163(2) Plants and Animals 165(1) Sensation in Animals 166(3) Life, Death and Spirit 169(4) Evolution 173(2) Embodied Spirit 175(2) Intelligence and Its Signs 177(4) Freedom, Rights and Civility 181(30) From Hegel to Hitler? 181(1) The Limits of Choice 182(3) Rights, Property and Slavery 185(3) The Problem with Being Moral 188(7) Freedom at Home in the World 195(2) Civil Society and Poverty 197(9) Freedom and the State 206(5) Art and Human Wholeness 211(31) Art, Religion and Philosophy 211(2) The Function of Art 213(7) Beauty and Ideal Character 220(8) The Historicity of Art 228(3) Symbolic and Classical Art 231(3) Christianity, Aesthetic Autonomy and the `Death' of Art 234(8) Philosophy and Christian Faith 242(34) Philosophy, Reason and Geist 242(2) Philosophy and Religious Representation 244(5) God as Reason and Love 249(5) Faith and Worship 254(5) Death, Freedom and New Life 259(9) Faith, Interpretation and Philosophy 268(4) Philosophy and Faith in History 272(4) Notes 276(24) Bibliographical Essay 300(4) Index 304