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Phenomenology of Spirit (Galaxy Books)
by G. W. F. Hegel
from Oxford University Press, USA

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• Solid Version
  The following comments pertain to the Miller translation of Hegel's Phenomenology of the Spirit published by Oxford University Press. Arguably the Phenomenology is one of the most significant works in modern philosophy, certainly in German idealism. While clearly an important work, even by the arcane standards of German idealism it is a difficult read for the non-Hegelian. And, can be nearly impenetrable if approached without the assistance of a skilled guide (or two). The following comments are limited to... more info

• Kant go all the way
  
  What is the Phen. of Spirit about? Essentially it is Hegel's answer to Kant and his strong disagreement with Kant's unwillingness or inability to close the gap between the subject and the so called "thing in itself" (the "truth" of any external object). Kant developed an epistemology that argued for certain conditions in order for any object to be experienced. These included the "pure" forms of intuition (space and time), which are, by Kant's account, inside of us and imposed by the mind on sensation... more info

• The Phenomenology of Modernism
  Today, an entire market has been created for the manufacture of literature designed to make philosophy intelligible to your average moron, all in the spirit of the assumption that "anyone can do philosophy" provided of course that everything is put into fart-jokes and countless other idiotic colloquialisms. On the opposite end of the spectrum, we have the genuinely incomprehensible and pretentious works which truly deserve the bashings that the simple-minded laymen of the world give to them. In many ways,... more info

• good book good translation
  I am very please with this text. As dense as it is, Phenomenology is truly a philosphical and theological work of genius.

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