Wissenschaft der Logik, Band 1

What it is

This is the first volume of Hegel's Science of Logic, written in his original German. The text includes prefaces from the first and second editions and moves through Hegel's categories of being, such as being, nothing, and becoming.

Why it matters

The Science of Logic is one of Hegel's central philosophical works, laying out his method of thinking through categories and contradictions. Reading it in Hegel's own German, rather than in translation, lets students see the structure and language of his original argument.

Look closer

• Why might Hegel have written a second preface for a later edition of this work?
• What does the detailed table of contents suggest about how carefully Hegel structured his argument?
• What is lost when a work this detailed and technical is summarized rather than read in full?