HEGEL AND THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

HEGEL AND THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

HEGEL AND THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY Proceedings of the 1972 HEGEL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Conference edited by JOSEPH J. O'MALLEY K.W. AWOZIN FREDERICK G. WEISS II. ~ " : ~ :"r. MARTINUS NIJHOFF - THE HAGUE - 1974

1974 by Martinus NijhoJ!. The Haglle, Netherlands All rights reserved, ineludi/lg the riglit to tra/lslate or to reprodllce this book or parts thereof ill any form IS BN 1 3:1178 90 247 1712-5 e-isbn-u:1l78-114-010-1657-5 POI: 10.10071978-114-010-1657-5

TABLE OF CONTENTS I. "The Pilgrimage of Truth through Time : The Conception of the History of Philosophy in G.W.F. Hegel" A. Robert Caponigri, University of Notre Dame 1 II. "Hegel as Historian of Philosophy" Quentin Lauer, S.J., Fordham University 21 III. "The History of Philosophy and the Phenomenology of Spirit" Joseph C. Flay, The Pennsylvania State University 47 IV. "Hegelianism and Platonism" John N. Findlay, Boston University 62 V. "On Hegel's Platonism" Lucia M. Palmer, University of Delaware 77 VI. VII. VIII. IX. "Cartesian Doubt and Hegelian Negation" Frederick G. Weiss, The Citadel 83 "Liebniz and Hegel on Language" Daniel J. Cook, Brooklyn College, CUNY 95 "Hegel's Critique of Kant" John E. Smith, Yale University 109 "Kant and Hegel on Practical Reason" Peter Laska, The University of Arizona 129 X. "Moral Autonomy in Kant and Hegel" Heimo E.M. Hofmeister, The American University 141 XI. "Hegel and Solovyov" George L. Kline, Bryn Mawr College 159

VI XII. TABLE OF CONTENTS "Hegel and Peirce" Max H. Fisch, The University of Illinois Bibliography Joseph c. Flay Index 171 194 237

FOREWORD The papers published here were given at the second biennial conference of the Hegel Society of America, held at the University of Notre Dame, November 9-11, 1972. They appear in an order which reflects roughly two headings: (1) Hegel's conception of the history of philosophy in general, and (2) his relation to individual thinkers both before and after him. Given the importance of the history of philosophy for Hegel, and the far-reaching impact of his thought upon subsequent philosophy, it becomes immediately apparent that we have here only a beginning. At the conference, cries went up "Why not Hegel and Aristotle, Aquinas, HusserI and Hartmann?" Indeed, why not? The answer, of course, might be given by Hegel himself : if we wish to accomplish anything, we have to limit ourselves. We trust that future conferences and scholarship will bring to light these relationships and the many more which testify to Hegel's profound presence in the mainstream of past and present thought. It is furthermore no accident that the renaissance of Hegelian studies has brought with it a rebirth of the history of philosophy as something relevant to our own problems. For Hegel, the object of philosophy is alone the truth, the history of philosophy is philosophy itself, and this truth which it gives us cannot be what has passed away. The editors wish to thank the Departments of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Marquette University, and The Citadel for their support in conducting the conference and in the preparation of this manuscript. J.J. O'MALLEY K.W. ALGOZIN F.G.WEISS

To the memory of H.B. Acton t June 16th 1974 Professor of Moral Philosophy University of Edinburgh and Paul M. Byrne t May 13th 1974 Chairman of Philosophy Marquette University