Prolegomena to the Study of Hegel's Philosophy, and Especially of His Logic

by William Wallace

[2] Encycl. § 574 (Philosophy of Mind, p. 196).

[3] Encycl. § 377.

[4] Logic, vol. ii. p. 30.

[5] The criticisms of A. Trendelenburg, in his Logische Untersuchungen, rest on such assumptions. 'Trendelenburg,' says Hartmann, 'means low-water mark in German philosophy.'

[6] See above all Bradley's Principles of Logic, and Bosanquet's Logic, &c.

[7] 'Das Wahre ist der bacchantische Taumel, an dem kein Glied nicht trunken ist; und weil jedes, indem es sich absondert, ebenso unmittelbar sich auflöst,—ist es ebenso die durchsichtige und einfache Ruhe.' Phenom. des Geistes, p 35.

[8] Prantl, Geschichte der Logik, i. 87.

[9] Wissenschaft der Logik, i. p. 39.

[10] See Encyclop. § 549 (Philosophy of Mind, pp. 148 seqq.). It is, of course, quite another question—to be answered by intelligent research—how far in particular cases Hegel has accurately studied a thinker, and faithfully interpreted him. Some of his critics in this line appear to mistake philology—which is a highly important authority in its own field—for philosophy: and will no doubt go on doing so.

[11] Hegel's Werke, iii., 33.