Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, vol. 2

by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Publisher:

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.

, 1895

Overview

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is one of the most influential thinkers in modern philosophy. The Hegelian dialectic—the idea that truth is attained by synthesizing an idea (thesis) and its opposite (antithesis)—continues to dominate much of Western philosophy. In the dynamic process of the Hegelian dialectic, the two opposites are neither annihilated nor subsumed into each other. Rather, they’re integrated and united to form one new concept. This concept then becomes a thesis, which then develops an antithesis, and the dialectic continues. In Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Hegel applies this dialectic to the study of religion.

Volume two contains “Definite Religion” (cont.) and “The Absolute Religion.”

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Key Features

• Discusses the idea of religion and its importance in society
• Examines religious philosophy and its roots
• Acts as an editorial compilation, bringing to light materials that were not originally intended to be published

Contents

• Part II: Definite Religion
  • The Division of Consciousness within Itself (Contd.)
    • The Religion of Imagination or Fantasy
    • The Religion of Being-within-Self
  • Natural Religion in Transition to the Religion of Freedom
    • The Religion of the Good or of the Light
    • The Syrian Religion, or the Religion of Pain
    • The Religion of Mystery
  • Second Division: The Religion of Spiritual Individuality
    • Transition to the Sphere of Spiritual Individuality
    • The Metaphysical Conception or Notion of This Sphere
    • Division of the Subject
    • The Religion of Sublimity
    • The Religion of Beauty
    • The Religion of Utility or of the Understanding
• Part III: The Absolute Religion
  • The General Aspects of This Religion
    • The Revealed Religion
    • The Revealed Religion Known as Revealed
    • The Religion of Truth and Freedom
  • The Metaphysical Notion or Conception of the Idea of God

Product Details

• Title: Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, vol. 2
• Author: G.W.F. Hegel
• Translators: E.B. Speirs and J. Burdon Sanderson
• Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co.
• Publication Date: 1895
• Pages: 358
• Christian Group: Lutheran
• Resource Type: Collected Works
• Topic: Philosophy

About Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (August 27, 1770 – November 14, 1831) was a German philosopher, one of the creators of German Idealism. His historicist and idealist account of reality as a whole revolutionized European philosophy and was an important precursor to Continental philosophy and Marxism.