Phenomenology of Spirit

G. W. F. Hegel (1770–1831) is one of the most significant thinkers in the history of philosophy. He is the author of several influential works, including The Science of Logic.Peter Fuss is professor emeritus of philosophy at University of Missouri–St. Louis. He is co-translator with John Dobbins of G. W. F. Hegel's Three Essays, 1793–1795 (University of Notre Dame Press, 1984).John Dobbins is a former research assistant at University of Missouri–St. Louis.

• AcknowledgmentsTranslators' IntroductionPrefaceIntroduction 1 Sense-Certainty: the This & Meaning2 Perception: Things & Illusoriness3 Force and Understanding, Appearances & the Supersensuous World4 Self-Certainty's Truth4.A. Self-Consciousness Dependent & Independent: Mastery and Servitude4.B. The Freedom of Self-Consciousness; Stoicism, Skepticism, & the Unhappy Consciousness5 Reason: its Certainty and its Truth5.A. Observational Reasona. Observation of Natureb. Observation of Self-Consciousness in its Purity & in Relation to External Actuality: Logical & Psychological Lawsc. Observation of the Relation of Self-Consciousness to Immediate Actuality: Physiognomy & Phrenology5.B. The Self-Actualization of Rational Self-Consciousnessa. Pleasure and Necessityb. The Law of the Heart & Arrogance Run Amokc. Virtue & the Way of the World5.C. Individuality that Deems Itself Genuinely Real In & For Itselfa. A Realm of Intelligent Animals and Deceit: the Abiding Concernb. Legislative Reasonc. Reason Putting Law to the Test6 Spirit6.A. Pristine Spirit: the Ethical Way of Lifea. he Ethical World: Law Human & Divine, Man & Womanb. Ethical Action: Knowledge Human & Divine, Guilt & Destinyc. Legal Status6.B. Spirit Estranged From Itself: Culture1 The World of Self-Estranged Spirita. Culture & Its Sphere of Actualityb. Faith & Pure Insight2 Enlightenmenta. Enlightenment's Struggle with Superstitionb. The Truth of Enlightenment3 Total Freedom & Terror6.C. Spirit Certain of Itself: Moralitya. The Moral World-Viewb. Misrepresentationc. Conscience; the Beautiful Soul: Evil and its Forgiveness7 Religion7.A. Natural Religiona. The Divine Lightb. Plant & Animalc. The Artificer7.B. Art-Religiona. The Abstract Artworkb. The Living Artworkc. The Spiritual Artwork7.C. Manifest Religion8 Absolute Knowledge

"An entrenched failing of Anglo-American philosophy is its neglect of Hegel. We have yet to reckon with how Hegel overcomes the dichotomies that confine modernity. Through decades of collaborative research, Peter Fuss and John Dobbins deliver with precision and grace a readable and teachable The Phenomenology of Spirit. Readers will awaken to a worldly Hegel who penetrates the drama and conceptual dynamism of human experience." —Patrick Murray and Jeanne Schuler, Creighton University"The translators succeed masterfully in this effort and the result makes a considerable contribution to understanding this formidable text. . . . As I read their introduction, I had the impression that Hegel was suddenly—wonder of wonders—speaking English! Perhaps for the first time, he was saying clearly what he wanted to say to native speakers of American English like myself." —Daniel O. Dahlstrom, John R. Silber Professor of Philosophy, Boston University