Hegel's Encyclopaedia Logic: Introduction

“… it soon becomes evident that thought will be satisfied with nothing short of showing the necessity of its facts … We can assume nothing and assert nothing dogmatically … And yet we must make a beginning”.

Hegel in the Encyclopaedia Logic (1817)

In this presentation to the London Old Hegelians James Heartfield outlines how Hegel introduces his Encyclopaedia Logic, which is the first volume of his three part Encyclopaedia.

Our group is reading the William Wallace translation, which we are finding very useful indeed.

You can purchase it here.

Image: the front cover of the 1982 Oxford University Press edition of the excellent William Wallace translation.