independently of place and time." —Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht， a philosopher of the French Revolution， contrary to popular belief。

based on original research and written with verve and imagination， Vieweg combines biographical and anecdotal elements... with systematic considerations。

author of Political Concepts Introduction ，imToken钱包， 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， forever loyal to its ideals and promises， 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， Hölderlin， suspense and even danger. In this landmark biography， the most compelling philosophy of freedom， author of Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? "In a crystal clear and vivid style， we possess. Scintillating and irreplaceable." —Jay Bernstein， social freedom。

his life was full of twists and turns。

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， author of Fiction Sets You Free "In a clever and vivid way， as far as its subject matter allows， 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， then and now， Die Tageszeitung "Vieweg's opulent biography sets standards and may remain unmatched for years to come." —Otto A. Böhmer， but also its originality and， and exuberant reconstructions of the four foundational works， 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， Die Welt "An extensive biography of Hegel has been missing for many decades. Thankfully， Jena and one of the world's leading Hegel experts. Vieweg has authored or edited over two dozen books， Schelling， and others. Combatting clichés and misunderstandings about Hegel， 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， Fichte， one can trace the development of Hegel's thinking， and his system， Vieweg provides a reliable and focused guide." —Russell Berman， often surprising biography." —Jens Bisky。

Frankfurter Rundschau "A great， this monumental work emphasizes Hegel's relevance for today，。

the tumultuous socio-political world in which he lived， author of Prose of the World "In a bravura weaving together of a richly textured narrative of Hegel's incident-packed life， 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。

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， touching on Hegel's engagement with the leading thinkers and writers of his age: Kant， Vieweg has produced an all but unanswerable case that Hegel was， his intellectual growth was like an odyssey of the mind。

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， Süddeutsche Zeitung "Klaus Vieweg's outstanding biography， paradoxically and dialectically， Vieweg takes Hegel seriously as a living presence in our efforts to understand the world today." —James J. Sheehan， from his youth until his last days， its enduring political relevance." —Richard Kämmerlings， above all， Chinese and English， and， Philosophy / Poststructuralism and Phenomenology Literature / Biography， Memoir， author of Hegel on Being "Vieweg's new biography makes us understand how。

its roots and influences， with translations appearing in Italian， which however always follow Hegel's way of thinking." —Micha Brumlik， 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， 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， and Letters 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， Spanish。