Hegel

This work is an analysis of the works of one important philosopher by another. Edward Caird is one of the leading Scottish philosophers of the late 19th century, and an important British Idealist. Caird takes us through Hegel's life and all the influences that shaped his thought. The book is the analysis of the works of one important philosopher by another. Edward Caird is without doubt one of the leading Scottish philosophers of the late nineteenth century, and an important British Idealist. That his work (as with the work of other British Idealists) has been influenced by Hegel and other German Idealists cannot be denied. Yet it is not a straightforward influence, and one can discern Caird's imprint in every passage of the present book. As a result of the presence of both personalities, Caird's and Hegel's, in the present work, the book is not akin to a scholarly analysis of Hegel written today. It is however, characterised by a remarkably smooth flow of its material. Caird takes us through Hegel's life and all the influences that shaped his thought quite effortlessly. Hegel's time at school and university, his years as a private tutor at Berne and Frankfurt, the period at Jena, his professorship at Heidelberg and Berlin, is described as lyrically as Hegel's central philosophical concerns, from his thoughts on the central problem of philosophy to his logic. An important book for scholars of Hegel, of British Idealism, as well as for enthusiasts of either thinker. Content: Lehrjahre, the school and the university Wanderjahre, Hegel as a private tutor at Berne and Frankfort, his philosophy in its development Hegel and Schelling, Jena, 1800-1807 Hegel after the Battle of Jena, the school at Nuernberg Hegel as a professor at Heidelberg and Berlin, his character and influence the problem of philosophy, statement of it by Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel the principle of contradiction and the idea of spirit the Hegelian logic the applications or development of the logical idea, relation of the Hegelian principle to Christianity, the Hegelian philosophy after Hegel.