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On Hegel. . . . Strauss.grants us a more comprehensive insight into Strauss’ mature. . . .view of Hegel’s philosophy than we find elsewhere in his work." -- Max Morris, Phenomenological Reviews
"This work tells us a lot about Strauss's pedagogy and about the need for professors to remain attentive to the brightest thinkers so that we may humbly and rigorously translate their excellence to students." * Archives de la philosophie (Translated from French) *
Table of ContentsNote on the Leo Strauss Transcript Project
Editorial Headnote
Introduction to the Transcript of Leo Strauss’s 1965 Course on Hegel’s
Philosophy of History
Chapter 1: Preliminary Considerations
Chapter 2: Reason in History and the Nature of Spirit
Chapter 3: The Actualization of Spirit in World History
Chapter 4: Historical Understanding and the Folk-Mind
Chapter 5: Africa and China
Chapter 6: China Continued and India
Chapter 7: India Continued and Persia
Chapter 8: Phoenicia, Judea, and Egypt
Chapter 9: The Greek World
Chapter 10: The Greek World Continued
Chapter 11: The Greek World Continued and the Roman World
Chapter 12: The Roman World Continued and the Advent of Christianity
Chapter 13: Interlude: The Concept of the Philosophy of History
Chapter 14: The Middle Ages
Chapter 15: The Middle Ages Continued
Chapter 16: The Reformation, Enlightenment, and French Revolution
Notes
Index
