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H E G E L ’ S A B S O L U T E
SUNY series in Hegelian Studies
William Desmond, editor
H E G E L ’ S A B S O L U T E
An Introduction to Reading the
Phenomenology of Spirit
Donald Phillip Verene
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Verene, Donald Phillip, 1937–
Hegel's absolute : an introduction to reading The phenomenology of
spirit / Donald Phillip Verene.
p. cm. —(SUNY series in Hegelian studies)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-6963-7 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-6964-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Hegel, Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770–1831. Phänomenologie des
Geistes. 2. Spirit. 3. Consciousness. 4. Truth. 5. Phenomenology. I. Title.
II. Series.
2007
193—dc22
2006003850
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
A quite special, though purely negative
science, general phenomenology
(phaenomenologia generalis), seems to be
presupposed by metaphysics.
—Kant to Lambert, September 2, 1770
Hegel had the stuff of one of the greatest
humorists among philosophers; Socrates
is the only other one who had a similar
method.
—Bertolt Brecht, Flüchtlingsgespräche, 1941
Contents
Preface ix
1. Hegel’s Preface: Reflection versus Speculation 1
2. Hegel’s “In