The Essential Hegel
The Essential Hegel
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Summary
The "Virgin Philosophers Series" covers the lives and ideas of the major philosophers. Author Paul Strathern highlights the major advances in philosophy, as well as the men who conceived them and the times in which they lived. This title explores the life of Georg Hegel.
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The Essential Hegel by Paul Strathern
Ambitious, demanding and frequently abstruse, Hegel's philosophy has nonethelaess exerted a powerful and far-reaching influence, from Marxism to Existentialism. The last of the German idealists, and certainly one of the greatest systematic thinkers in Western philosophy, Hegel boldly maintained that his own system of philosophy was the historical culmination of all previous philosophical thought. "The Virgin Philosophers Series" covers the lives and ideas of the major philosophers. Author Paul Strathern highlights the major advances in philosophy, as well as the men who conceived them and the times in which they lived. Containing quotes, insights and anecdotes, the aim of the series is to clarify the mysteries of philosophy for the general reader.
'These [books] have changed my life....They tell you exactly what you want to know and no more.' Aa Gill, Sunday Times; 'Well-written, clear and informed' New York Times
Paul Strathern is a professional writer, a former Somerset Maugham prize winner and author of five novels, as well as biographies and travel books. As a university lecturer, he taught philosophy, but also mathematics and modern Italian poetry.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780753507605 |
| ISBN 10 | 0753507609 |
| Title | The Essential Hegel |
| Author | Paul Strathern |
| Series | Virgin Philosophers S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Year published | 2003-04-10 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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