Hegel's Introduction to the System

"Hegel's Introduction to the System stands out because of its clarity and simplicity of writing, taking difficult ideas expressed by Hegel in difficult language and offering the reader an easy grasp of the core point. Robert E. Wood provides a good translation, an illuminating commentary, and useful contextualizing essays." -- John Russon, Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph, and author of 'Reading Hegel's Phenomenology' "In Hegel's Introduction to the System, Robert E. Wood displays a solid understanding of Hegel's text and an unusual ability to digest Hegel's insights and present them in lucid, concrete form. Students and scholars of Hegel will be fortunate to read this work and be guided by it." -- Shannon Hoff, Institute for Christian Studies, and author of 'The Laws of the Spirit: A Hegelian Theory of Justice'

The book includes a fresh translation of “Phenomenology” and “Psychology,” an extensive section-by-section commentary, and a sketch of the system to which this work is an introduction.

As an introduction to his own notoriously complex and challenging philosophy, Hegel recommended the sections on phenomenology and psychology from The Philosophy of Spirit, the third part of his Encyclopaedia of the Philosophic Sciences. These offered the best introduction to his philosophic system, whose main parts are Logic, Nature, and Sprit.

Hegel’s Introduction to the System finally makes it possible for the modern reader to approach the philosopher’s work as he himself suggested. The book includes a fresh translation of “Phenomenology” and “Psychology,” an extensive section-by-section commentary, and a sketch of the system to which this work is an introduction. The book provides a lucid and elegant analysis that will be of use to both new and seasoned readers of Hegel.