Lectures on the Philosophy of History

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Lectures on the Philosophy of History is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that presents his influential view of world history as a rational process expressing the development of human freedom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
collection of lectures ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
author G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ⓘ
linked to: G. W. F. Hegel
basedOn university lectures ⓘ
centralClaim history expresses the development of human freedom ⓘ
reason governs the world ⓘ
world history is a rational process ⓘ
compiledFrom lecture notes ⓘ
student transcripts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
editor Hegel’s students and followers ⓘ
firstPublicationLanguage German ⓘ
genre German idealism ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of history ⓘ
hasPart Germanic world section ⓘ
Greek world section ⓘ
Roman world section ⓘ
introduction ⓘ
oriental world section ⓘ
influenced 20th‑century philosophy of history ⓘ
Alexandre Kojève ⓘ
Benedetto Croce ⓘ
Francis Fukuyama ⓘ
Friedrich Engels ⓘ
Karl Löwith ⓘ
Karl Marx ⓘ
historicist thought ⓘ
mainSubject historical teleology ⓘ
human freedom ⓘ
philosophy of history ⓘ
progress ⓘ
reason in history ⓘ
spirit ⓘ
state ⓘ
world history ⓘ
world spirit ⓘ
notableConcept cunning of reason ⓘ
freedom as the end of history ⓘ
world spirit ⓘ
world‑historical individuals ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
philosophicalPerspective theological-political interpretation of history ⓘ
philosophicalSchool absolute idealism ⓘ
philosophicalTradition German idealism ⓘ
publicationStatus posthumous ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed world history from antiquity to modern Europe ⓘ
viewOnHistory progressive ⓘ
rational ⓘ
teleological ⓘ

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Hegel's university lectures → hasPart → Lectures on the Philosophy of History ⓘ