Hegel's Idealism

Edward Caird's short introduction to Hegel's life and system, from his student years in Tubingen to his Berlin lectures. Written in 1883 for the Philosophical Classics series and still one of the clearest first books on him.

Edward Caird

William Wallace's companion to Hegel's Logic, revised in 1894 alongside his translation. It explains the method and the main ideas before you face the text itself.

William Wallace

J. M. E. McTaggart asks how Hegel's dialectic really works and what it can prove, chapter by chapter. A landmark of British Hegel studies from 1896.

J. M. E. McTaggart

Benedetto Croce keeps what still works in Hegel, the dialectic of opposites, and drops what he thinks failed. A sharp, readable critique in Douglas Ainslie's 1915 translation.

Benedetto Croce

A doctoral dissertation that reads Hegel's political philosophy through his Logic, showing how freedom and the state rest on his idea of actuality. For readers ready to go deep.

Matthew J. Smetona