The Jena System, 1804-5: Logic and Metaphysics (McGill-Queen’s Studies in the History of Ideas)

As he worked on the Jena sytem, Hegel's understanding of the nature of logic and its connection with metaphysics underwent changes crucial to his later system. As a result, logic acquired a new and expanded significance for him. This text is thus the key to an understanding of the works of Hegel's maturity, and to their relation to the major works of Schelling and Fichte that preceded them. Scholars from the universities of Guelph, Lethbridge, McGill, McMaster, Toronto, Trent, and York have prepared this translation, a work of critical analysis in its own right. The introduction by H.S. Harris adds a concrete dimension to Hegel's abstract categories, showing how, in developing these categories, Hegel was even at ths early date thinking deeply about the structure and life of society. CONTENTS 6 PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION 8 PREFACE TO THE COMMENTARY 12 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 14 THE JENA SYSTEM, 1804–5: LOGIC AND METAPHYSICS 26 LOGIC 28 SIMPLE CONNECTION 28 Quality 28 Quantity 33 Quantum 38 Infinity 54 RELATIONSHIP 63 Relation of Being 65 Relation of Thinking 103 PROPORTION 134 Definition 135 Division 138 Cognition Is Posited 141 METAPHYSICS 156 COGNITION AS SYSTEM OF FIRST PRINCIPLES 158 Principle of Identity or of Contradiction 161 First Principle of the Exclusion of a Third 163 Principle of Ground 165 METAPHYSICS OF OBJECTIVITY 169 The Soul 170 The World 174 The Highest Essence 182 METAPHYSICS OF SUBJECTIVITY 186 The Theoretical I, or Consciousness 190 The Practical I 195 Absolute Spirit 197 GLOSSARY 212 A 212 B 212 D 212 E 213 F 213 G 213 I 213 M 213 S 213 T 213 U 213 V 214 W 214 Z 214 WORKS CITED 216 INDEX 218 A 218 B 218 C 218 D 218 E 219 F 219 G 219 H 219 I 219 J 219 K 219 L 219 M 219 N 220 O 220 P 220 Q 220 R 220 S 220 T 220 U 220 W 220 Intro CONTENTS PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION PREFACE TO THE COMMENTARY GENERAL INTRODUCTION THE JENA SYSTEM, 1804-5: LOGIC AND METAPHYSICS LOGIC METAPHYSICS GLOSSARY WORKS CITED INDEX SIMPLE CONNECTION RELATIONSHIP PROPORTION COGNITION AS SYSTEM OF FIRST PRINCIPLES METAPHYSICS OF OBJECTIVITY METAPHYSICS OF SUBJECTIVITY A B D E F G I M S T U V W Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U W Quality Quantity Quantum Infinity Relation of Being Relation of Thinking Definition Division Cognition Is Posited. Principle of Identity or of ContradictionFirst Principle of the Exclusion of a Third Principle of Ground The Soul The World The Highest Essence The Theoretical I, or Consciousness The Practical I Absolute Spirit. Translated into English for the first time in this edition, The Jena System, 1804-5: Logic and Metaphysics is an essential text in the study of the development of Hegel's thought. It is the climax of Hegel's efforts to construct a neutral theory of the categories of finite cognition ("logic") as the necessary bridge to the theory of infinite, or philosophical, cognition ("metaphysics"). G.w.f. Hegel ; Translation Edited By John W. Burbidge And George Di Giovanni ; Introduction And Explanatory Notes By H.s. Harris. Translation Of: Jenaer Systementwürfe Ii. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [191]-192.