Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

German philosopher and leading figure of German idealism, best known for works such as Phenomenology of Spirit, Science of Logic, and the Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences; influential on subsequent philosophy, political theory, and social thought.

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  1. 1. The Encyclopaedia Logic

    Cover of 'The Encyclopaedia Logic' by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

    A concise, systematic presentation of speculative logic that treats thought and being as fundamentally identical, unfolding a dialectical sequence of categories—Being, Essence, and the Notion (Concept)—in which determinations progress through contradiction and resolution. It sets out the method of speculative philosophy and analyzes the forms of judgment, syllogism, and the Idea, showing how abstract categories self-develop into a concrete unity of concept and reality. Written as a compact, pedagogical account of a comprehensive philosophical system, the work emphasizes process, self-mediation, and the identity of opposites as the driving force of conceptual development.

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