Phenomenology of Spirit (1807)

Hegel’s best known work is treated in three sections of Summary & Analysis within the SparkNotes guide Selected Works of G.W.F. Hegel. Coverage of Phenomenology of Spirit is divided among Chapters 1-3: Shapes of Consciousness; Chapter 4: Self-Consciousness; and Chapters 5-8: Free Concrete Mind & Absolute Knowlege.

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Science of Logic (1816)

The book in which Hegel presented his conception of logic is described in a single section of Summary & Analysis in the SparkNotes guide Selected Works of G.W.F. Hegel.

Elements of the Philosophy of Right (1821)

In Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Hegel presented ideas on law, social, and moral philosophy. The SparkNotes guide Selected Works of G.W.F. Hegel offers two sections of Summary & Analysis of Elements of the Philosophy of Right: Books I & II: Abstract Right and Morality; and Book III: Ethical Life.

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