An English translation of Hegel's introduction to his lectures on the philosophy of history, based directly on the standard German edition by Johannes Hoffmeister, first published in 1955. The previous English translation, by J. Sibree, first appeared in 1857 and was based on the defective German edition of Karl Hegel, to which Hoffmeister's edition added a large amount of new material previously unknown to English readers, derived from earlier editors. In the introduction to his lectures, Hegel lays down the principles and aims which underlie his philosophy of history, and provides an outline of the philosophy of history itself. The comprehensive and voluminous survey of world history which followed the introduction in the original lectures is of less interest to students of Hegel's thought than the introduction, and is therefore not included in this volume.

This book incorporates seven 'Introductions' that Hegel wrote for each of his major works: the Phenomenology, Logic, Philosophy of Right, History, Fine Art, Religion and History of Philosophy, and includes an Introduction and Epilogue by the Editors, serving to introduce Hegel to the reader and to situate him and his works into their wider context.

Esta nueva edición de Fenomenología del espíritu, bajo el cuidado de Gustavo Leyva, contiene una serie de elementos, (como una bibliografía actualizada, un glosario alemán-español, tablas de concordancias y un postfacio) que, sumados a una cuidadosa revisión de la traducción de Wenceslao Roces y Ricardo Guerra, conforman una versión revisada, corregida y actualizada de un clásico de la filosofía moderna, con la cual se conmemoran los 50 años de la primera edición al español, publicada por el FCE. 

The present reissue of Wallace's translation of Hegel's Philosophy of Mind includes the Zusatze or lecture-notes which, in the collected works, accompany the first section entitled "Subjective Mind" and which Wallace omitted from his translation. Professor J. N. Findlay has written a Foreword and this replaces Wallace's introductory essays.

"Topics covered in this book include: Essence (the truth--i.e. the outcome--of being is essence); Essence as reflection into itself; Essence must manifest, itself in a phenomenon (erscheinen); and actuality (the unity of essence and existence)." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).