Hegel's The First Philosophy of Right
Lectures on Natural Right and Political Science
Translator's preface:
We are pleased to offer this translation of the earliest version of Hegel's Philosophy of Right, namely the lectures on "Natural Right and Political Science" delivered in Heidelberg in 1817-1818. The manuscript containing law student Peter Wannenmann's transcription of the lectures was discovered in 1982 and published a year later by the editorial staff of the Hegel Archives at the Ruhr University in Bochum. Plans for an English translation have been under ways for a decade have been delayed by various circumstances.
The annotations to the text provided by the German editors are limited to indications of sources for quotations and references to other works occuring in the text as well as to cross-references to other passages in the text. They are not a commentary and also do not seek to comment on parallel passages in Hegel's writings. As far as possible, references are to those editions that is certain Hegel used; in other cases first editions are cited wherever possible. References are also given to modern standard editions in the original languages, but not to English translation except in the case of works by Hegel. The translators have added a few notes that call attention to significant differences between these lectures and the published version of 1821, Elements of the Philosophy of Right. For an excellent commentary see the editorial notes to the recent translation of the latter, edited by Allen W. Wood and translated by H. B. Nisber (Cambridge University Press, 1991)
The textual apparatus of the German edition identifies all variations between Wannenmann's manuscript and the edited text. We retain only those variations that have bearing on meaning. We have reproduced the emphasized words in the dictated paragraphs; presumably the emphasis is attributable to Hegel. The expository passages following the dictation are printed in the German without breaks; we have added paragraph breaks at appropriate points.
The translation principles guiding our work are similar to those established for other volumes in this series of Hegel Lectures; see Editorial Introduction to Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, vol. 1 (University of California Press, 1984), pp. 52-58. In particular it should be noted that we have avoided gender-specific language as much as possible. The glossary prepared for this work draws upon the one used for the philosophy of religion and has been greatly assisted by the glossary provided in the Wood and Nisbet edition of the philosophy of right. The translation of a few specific terms is discussed in translators' notes, and German of key terms or of difficult-to-translate terms is often given in brackets in the text. We have slightly modfied and updated the bibliography; and we have added afew references to the editorial introduction by Otto Pöggeler. MsSVig
Lectures on Natural Right and Political Science
Translator's preface:
We are pleased to offer this translation of the earliest version of Hegel's Philosophy of Right, namely the lectures on "Natural Right and Political Science" delivered in Heidelberg in 1817-1818. The manusc
The annotations to the text provided by the German editors are limited to indications of sources for quotations and references to other works occuring in the text as well as to cross-references to other passages in the text. They are not a commentary and also do not seek to comment on parallel passages in Hegel's writings. As far as possible, references are to those editions that is certain Hegel used; in other cases first editions are cited wherever possible. References are also given to modern standard editions in the original languages, but not to English translation except in the case of works by Hegel. The translators have added a few notes that call attention to significant differences between these lectures and the published version of 1821, Elements of the Philosophy of Right. For an excellent commentary see the editorial notes to the recent translation of the latter, edited by Allen W. Wood and translated by H. B. Nisber (Cambridge University Press, 1991)
The textual apparatus of the German edition identifies all variations between Wannenmann's manusc
The translation principles guiding our work are similar to those established for other volumes in this series of Hegel Lectures; see Editorial Introduction to Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, vol. 1 (University of California Press, 1984), pp. 52-58. In particular it should be noted that we have avoided gender-specific language as much as possible. The glossary prepared for this work draws upon the one used for the philosophy of religion and has been greatly assisted by the glossary provided in the Wood and Nisbet edition of the philosophy of right. The translation of a few specific terms is discussed in translators' notes, and German of key terms or of difficult-to-translate terms is often given in brackets in the text. We have slightly modfied and updated the bibliography; and we have added afew references to the editorial introduction by Otto Pöggeler. MsSVig