The Phenomenology of Mind (Two Volumes in One)

A sweeping investigation of how knowledge is obtained by means of absolute truth including how the spirit reveals itself as absolute reality The Phenomenology of Mind is an intellectual tour-de-force and represents a great philosophical work for the ages. Originally published in German in 1807 Hegel proffers his unique viewpoint that knowledge is not separated from nor outside of absolute reality-but that knowledge is itself reality and posits that reality is mental and spiritual. Presented here as two volumes in one it includes: - Intention and Method of the Argument of the Phenomenology - Consciousness and Self-Consciousness - [The Nature of] Free Concrete Mind: Reason - [The Nature of] Free Concrete Mind: Spirit - Absolute Knowledge - And much more... German philosopher GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL (1770-1831) was born in Stuttgart and studied at Tübingen where his contemporaries included Schelling and the poet Hölderlin. As a philosophical disciple of Kant Hegel was of the Idealist School of philosophers and remained an unparalleled influence on German philosophy throughout the 19th century. Additional works by Hegel include: The Objective Logic (1812-13) The Subjective Logic (1816) Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Outline (1817) and Philosophy of Right (1821).