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1、Hegel’sPhilosophyofRightPrefaceTHEimmediateoccasionforpublishingtheseoutlinesistheneedofplacinginthebandsofmyhearersaguidetomyprofessionallecturesuponthePhilosophyofRight.HithertoIhaveusedaslecturesthatportionoftheEncyclopaediaofthePhilosophicSciences(1817)whichdealswiththissubject.Thep
2、resentworkcoversthesamegroundinamoredetailedandsystematicway.Butnowthattheseoutlinesaretobeprintedandgiventothegeneralpublic,thereisanopportunityofexplainingpointswhichinlecturingwouldbecommentedonorally.Thusthenotesareenlargedinordertoincludecognateorconflictingideas,furtherconsequence
3、softhetheoryadvocated,andthelike.Theseexpandednoteswill,itishoped,throwlightuponthemoreabstractsubstanceofthetext,andpresentamorecompleteviewofsomeoftheideascurrantinourowntime.Moreover,thereisalsosubjoined,asfaraswascompatiblewiththepurposeofacompendium,anumberofnotes,rangingoverastill
4、greaterlatitude.Acompendiumproper,likeascience,hasitssubject-matteraccuratelylaidout.Withtheexception,possibly,ofoneortwoslightadditions,itschieftaskistoarrangetheessentialphasesofitsmaterial.Thismaterialisregardedasfixedandknown,justastheformisassumedtobegovernedbywell-ascertainedrules
5、.Atreatiseinphilosophyisusuallynotexpectedtobeconstructedonsuchapattern,perhapsbecausepeoplesupposethataphilosophicalproductisaPenelope’swebwhichmustbestartedaneweveryday.Thistreatisediffersfromtheordinarycompendiummainlyinitsmethodofprocedure.Itmustbeunderstoodattheoutsetthatthephiloso
6、phicwayofadvancingfromonemattertoanother,thegeneralspeculativemethod,whichistheonlykindofscientificproofavailableinphilosophy,isessentiallydifferentfromeveryother.Onlyaclearinsightintothenecessityforthisdifferencecansnatchphilosophyoutoftheignominiousconditionintowhichithasfalleninourda
7、y.True,thelogicalrules,suchasthoseofdefinition,classification,andinferencearenowgenerallyrecognisedtobeinadequateforspeculativescience.Perhapsitisnearerthemarktosaythattheinadequacyoftheruleshasbeenfeltratherthanrecognised,becausetheyhavebeencountedasmerefetters,andthrownasidet