Philosophy of Right

georg wilhelm friedrich hegel samuel walters dyde

In this 1821 classic, Hegel applies his most important concept & the dialectics to law, rights, morality, the family, economics & the state. The philosopher defines universal right as the synthesis between the thesis of an individual acting in accordance with the law & the occasional conflict of an antithetical desire to follow private convictions.

Genres philosophypoliticsnonfictionclassicsartlawtheoryhistorygerman literaturesociology

272 pages, paper

First published January 1,1821

Series

Lectures on Aesthetics

This edition

Format: 272 pages, paper
Published: September 20, 2005 by Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486445632
ASIN: 0486445631
Language: English

About the author

georg wilhelm friedrich hegel

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) was a German philosopher and one of the founding figures of German Idealism. Influenced by Kant's transcendental idealism and Rousseau's politics, Hegel formulated an elaborate system of historical development of ethics, government, and religion through the dialectical unfolding of the Absolute. Hegel was one of the most well-known historicist philosopher, and his thought presaged continental philosophy, including postmodernism. His system was inverted into a materialist ideology by Karl Marx, originally a member of the Young Hegelian faction.