Philosophy of Right

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book philosophical treatise work of legal philosophy work of political philosophy

Philosophy of Right is G. W. F. Hegel’s major work of political and legal philosophy, outlining his theory of ethical life, the modern state, and the rational foundations of law and freedom.

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Surface form Occurrences
Elements of the Philosophy of Right 2
Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
work of legal philosophy ⓘ
work of political philosophy ⓘ
author G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
surface form: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
centralConcept Sittlichkeit ⓘ
civil society ⓘ
constitutional monarchy ⓘ
corporations ⓘ
family ⓘ
freedom as rational self-determination ⓘ
objective spirit ⓘ
rational state ⓘ
reconciliation of individual and universal ⓘ
subjective will ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
hasPart Abstract Right ⓘ
Ethical Life ⓘ
Morality ⓘ
influenced 20th-century political philosophy ⓘ
Karl Marx ⓘ
communitarian political theory ⓘ
critical theory ⓘ
Young Hegelians ⓘ
surface form: left Hegelians

Young Hegelians ⓘ
surface form: right Hegelians
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
natural law tradition ⓘ
keyTheme constitutionalism and representation ⓘ
justification of modern institutions ⓘ
mediation of individual and society ⓘ
punishment and criminal law ⓘ
rational foundations of property ⓘ
relation between law and freedom ⓘ
role of the state in ethical life ⓘ
mainSubject ethical life ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
legal philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of law ⓘ
philosophy of the state ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
social philosophy ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
originalTitle Philosophy of Right self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts
philosophicalSchool German idealism ⓘ
surface form: Hegelianism
philosophicalTradition German idealism ⓘ
publicationYear 1821 ⓘ
relatedWork Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences ⓘ
phenomenology of spirit ⓘ
surface form: Phenomenology of Spirit

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Spirit → centralWorkDiscussedIn → Philosophy of Right ⓘ
subject surface form: Spirit (Hegelian)
this entity surface form: Elements of the Philosophy of Right
G. W. F. Hegel → notableIdea → Philosophy of Right ⓘ
G. W. F. Hegel → notableWork → Philosophy of Right ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elements of the Philosophy of Right
Philosophy of Right → originalTitle → Philosophy of Right self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts