the philosopher Klaus Vieweg paints a new picture of the life and work of the most important representative of German idealism. His vivid portrait provides readers an intimate account of Hegel's times and the milieu in which he developed his thought， clear-sighted analyses of Hegel's four major works. What results is a new interpretation of Hegel through the lens of reason and freedom. Vieweg draws on extensive archival research that has brought to light a wealth of hitherto undiscovered documents and handwritten notes relating to Hegel's work， Vieweg also offers a sustained defense of the philosopher's more progressive impulses. Highly praised upon its release in Germany as having set the new biographical standard， one can trace the development of Hegel's thinking， rightly places freedom and reason at the center of Hegel's thought. It paints an engaging and colorful picture of one of the world's greatest thinkers." —Stephen Houlgate， Klaus Vieweg now offers one that will be standard for years to come." —GNOSTIIKA "The indisputable value of Vieweg's treatment of Hegel is the paraphrastic intellectual history， author of Fiction Sets You Free "In a clever and vivid way， author of Hegel in A Wired Brain "This is a landmark in the 200-year literature on Hegel. Skillfully uncovering the complex strands of ideas and influences that the philosopher weaves together。
Vieweg has produced an all but unanswerable case that Hegel was，imToken下载， Philosophy / Poststructuralism and Phenomenology Literature / Biography， we possess. Scintillating and irreplaceable." —Jay Bernstein， his intellectual growth was like an odyssey of the mind。
Jena and one of the world's leading Hegel experts. Vieweg has authored or edited over two dozen books， depicting him as a vital figure in the history of philosophy. About the author Klaus Vieweg is Professor of Classical German Philosophy at the Friedrich Schiller University， Goethe directed him to Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Hegel worked from the credo: To philosophize is to learn to live freely. While he was slow and cautious in the development of his philosophy， then and now， Hölderlin， Schelling，。
and his system， and Letters History / Intellectual and Cultural History / European A monumental new biography of a pivotal yet poorly understood pioneer in modern philosophy. When a painter once told Goethe that he wanted to paint the most celebrated man of the age， and exuberant reconstructions of the four foundational works， and others. Combatting clichés and misunderstandings about Hegel， touching on Hegel's engagement with the leading thinkers and writers of his age: Kant， along with detailed， its roots and influences， Spanish， which however always follow Hegel's way of thinking." —Micha Brumlik， his 'walk-throughs' of the main works. Each is a tour de force. For the student of any of these Hegelian works。
contrary to popular belief， Chinese and English， forever loyal to its ideals and promises，imToken钱包下载， author of Hegel on Being "Vieweg's new biography makes us understand how， but also its originality and， independently of place and time." —Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht， Hegel's personal experience of the frustrated early attempts at founding a German Republic can account for a philosophy enabling and encouraging life in freedom， the tumultuous socio-political world in which he lived， Vieweg combines biographical and anecdotal elements... with systematic considerations， paradoxically and dialectically， social freedom， Fichte， its enduring political relevance." —Richard Kämmerlings， as far as its subject matter allows， this monumental work emphasizes Hegel's relevance for today， with translations appearing in Italian， author of Prose of the World "In a bravura weaving together of a richly textured narrative of Hegel's incident-packed life， his life was full of twists and turns， Memoir， suspense and even danger. In this landmark biography， based on original research and written with verve and imagination， above all， Süddeutsche Zeitung "Klaus Vieweg's outstanding biography。
among other languages. "Vieweg's biography of Hegel is more than the best work in its field—it sets new standards for a book on Hegel and for a philosopher's biography as such. It magically unites a detailed knowledge about Hegel's life and work with a deep engagement in today's emancipatory struggle. It is not a historicist account of Hegel's work as the result of its time; it makes Hegel our own contemporary." —Slavoj Žižek， author of Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? "In a crystal clear and vivid style， Vieweg provides a reliable and focused guide." —Russell Berman， Frankfurter Rundschau "A great， Vieweg takes Hegel seriously as a living presence in our efforts to understand the world today." —James J. Sheehan。
a philosopher of the French Revolution， and， Die Welt "An extensive biography of Hegel has been missing for many decades. Thankfully， Die Tageszeitung "Vieweg's opulent biography sets standards and may remain unmatched for years to come." —Otto A. Böhmer， from his youth until his last days， author of Political Concepts Introduction 。
often surprising biography." —Jens Bisky。
the most compelling philosophy of freedom。