"Hegel wrote this classic as an introduction to a series of lectures on the "philosophy of history" -- a novel concept in the early nineteenth century. With this work, he created the history of philosophy as a scientific study. He reveals philosophical theory as neither an accident nor an artificial construct, but as an exemplar of its age, fashioned by its antecedents and contemporary circumstances, and serving as a model for the future ..."
"Hegel wrote this classic as an introduction to a series of lectures on the "philosophy of history" — a novel concept in the early nineteenth century. With this work, he created the history of philosophy as a scientific study. He reveals philosophical theory as neither an accident nor an artificial construct, but as an exemplar of its age, fashioned by its antecedents and contemporary circumstances, and serving as a model for the future. ..."
The Philosophy of History(Reprint) (Great Books in Philosophy) by J. Sibree , Georg W. Hegel Paperback, 467 Pages, Published 1989 by Prometheus Books ISBN-13: 978-0-87975-631-4, ISBN: 0-87975-631-4