Manuscript treasure trove may offer fresh understanding of Hegel
Exclusive: Library discovery of undocumented transcripts of German philosophers lectures like finding new Beethoven score
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/29/manuscript-treasure-trove-may-offer-fresh-understanding-of-hegel
A biographer researching the German philosopher Hegel has uncovered a massive treasure trove of previously undocumented lectures that could change perceptions regarding one of the leading figures of modern western philosophy.
More than 4,000 pages of notes on
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegels lectures were found by
Klaus Vieweg in the library of the archdiocese of Munich and Freising.
The discovery of these manuscripts is comparable to finding a new score by Beethoven or a previously unseen painting by Constable, said Vieweg, a professor at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena in
Germany.
He said an early reading of the notes had hinted at a fresh understanding of how Hegel formed his influential ideas on aesthetics, the philosophy around beauty and art, and how he analysed Shakespeares plays to help develop his ideas.
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