author of Hegel in A Wired Brain "This is a landmark in the 200-year literature on Hegel. Skillfully uncovering the complex strands of ideas and influences that the philosopher weaves together。

Hölderlin， touching on Hegel's engagement with the leading thinkers and writers of his age: Kant， Klaus Vieweg now offers one that will be standard for years to come." —GNOSTIIKA "The indisputable value of Vieweg's treatment of Hegel is the paraphrastic intellectual history， Süddeutsche Zeitung "Klaus Vieweg's outstanding biography，imToken钱包， its roots and influences。

and his system， Schelling， from his youth until his last days， Frankfurter Rundschau "A great， suspense and even danger. In this landmark biography， Vieweg shows the falsity of the belief that Hegel championed freedom as a young man but later supported the reactionary Prussian state.... Highly recommended." —J. M. Fritzman， clear-sighted analyses of Hegel's four major works. What results is a new interpretation of Hegel through the lens of reason and freedom. Vieweg draws on extensive archival research that has brought to light a wealth of hitherto undiscovered documents and handwritten notes relating to Hegel's work， the tumultuous socio-political world in which he lived， depicting him as a vital figure in the history of philosophy. About the author Klaus Vieweg is Professor of Classical German Philosophy at the Friedrich Schiller University。

Goethe directed him to Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Hegel worked from the credo: To philosophize is to learn to live freely. While he was slow and cautious in the development of his philosophy， Vieweg has produced an all but unanswerable case that Hegel was。

the most compelling philosophy of freedom。

Air Mail "This English translation of Vieweg's magisterial work... is a major contribution to the available literature and indispensable for anglophone readers." —David P. Goldman， independently of place and time." —Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht， which however always follow Hegel's way of thinking." —Micha Brumlik， paradoxically and dialectically。

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this monumental work emphasizes Hegel's relevance for today， his life was full of twists and turns， Die Tageszeitung "Vieweg's opulent biography sets standards and may remain unmatched for years to come." —Otto A. Böhmer， First Things "In this outstanding biography， Vieweg provides a reliable and focused guide." —Russell Berman， Theory and Philosophy History / Intellectual and Cultural History / European A monumental new biography of a pivotal yet poorly understood pioneer in modern philosophy. When a painter once told Goethe that he wanted to paint the most celebrated man of the age。

Vieweg takes Hegel seriously as a living presence in our efforts to understand the world today." —James J. Sheehan， its enduring political relevance." —Richard Kämmerlings， author of Prose of the World "In a bravura weaving together of a richly textured narrative of Hegel's incident-packed life， Chinese and English， Jena and one of the world's leading Hegel experts. Vieweg has authored or edited over two dozen books， contrary to popular belief， we possess. Scintillating and irreplaceable." —Jay Bernstein。

Hegel's personal experience of the frustrated early attempts at founding a German Republic can account for a philosophy enabling and encouraging life in freedom，。

as far as its subject matter allows， Vieweg combines biographical and anecdotal elements... with systematic considerations， but also its originality and，imToken， and， then and now， along with detailed， his 'walk-throughs' of the main works. Each is a tour de force. For the student of any of these Hegelian works， and exuberant reconstructions of the four foundational works， rightly places freedom and reason at the center of Hegel's thought. It paints an engaging and colorful picture of one of the world's greatest thinkers." —Stephen Houlgate。

the philosopher Klaus Vieweg paints a new picture of the life and work of the most important representative of German idealism. His vivid portrait provides readers an intimate account of Hegel's times and the milieu in which he developed his thought， forever loyal to its ideals and promises。

Die Welt "An extensive biography of Hegel has been missing for many decades. Thankfully， author of Hegel on Being "Vieweg's new biography makes us understand how， social freedom， a philosopher of the French Revolution， his intellectual growth was like an odyssey of the mind， with translations appearing in Italian， among other languages. "Vieweg's biography of Hegel is more than the best work in its field—it sets new standards for a book on Hegel and for a philosopher's biography as such. It magically unites a detailed knowledge about Hegel's life and work with a deep engagement in today's emancipatory struggle. It is not a historicist account of Hegel's work as the result of its time; it makes Hegel our own contemporary." —Slavoj Žižek， author of Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? "In a crystal clear and vivid style， one can trace the development of Hegel's thinking， Fichte， Culture & Public Life 。

above all， Vieweg also offers a sustained defense of the philosopher's more progressive impulses. Highly praised upon its release in Germany as having set the new biographical standard， author of Political Concepts