THE

HEGELIAN SYSTEM.

VOL. II.

LONDON

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THE

SECRET OF HEGEL:

BEING

THE HEGELIAN SYSTEM

IN

ORIGIN, PRINCIPLE, FORM, AND MATTER.

BY

JAMES HUTCHISON STIRLING.

• Μάντιν, ἢ ἰητῆρα κακῶν

Οὗτοι γὰρ κλητοί γε βροτῶν ἐπ' ἀπείρονα γαῖαν.

The Hidden Secret of the Universe is powerless to resist the might of thought; it must unclose itself before it, revealing to sight and bringing to enjoyment its riches and its depths.'

HEGEL.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS, & GREEN.

265.i.2

ERRATA.

Vol. II.-Pages 208, 216, in the phrase after-process strike out the hyphen.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

III.

THE SECTION, QUALITY, AS TRANSLATED IN II.,

HERE COMMENTED AND INTERPRETED.

1. Unity of Being and Nothing

Remark 1. The Antithesis of Being and Nothing in

Conception

2. Defectiveness of the Expression-Unity,

Identity of Being and Nothing

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