Major Works

• Elements of the Philosophy of Right (Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts)

  - Hegel, G. W. F. Elements of the Philosophy of Right. Translated by H. B. Nisbet. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. In addition, the translation by T. M. Knox (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1942) is widely used in existing Hegel scholarship. The Nisbet translation is recommended because it is more literal, and includes the canonical "additions" of Hegel's student Eduard Gans in the body of the text where they are relevant.   Hegel, G. W. F. Elements of the Philosophy of Right. Translated by T. M. Knox. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1942.   First published in 1820.
  Excerpt from the Preface: “This treatise, therefore, in so far as it deals with political science, shall be nothing other than an attempt to comprehend and portray the state as an inherently rational entity. As a philosophical composition, it must… More