Preface.

might grant. For the present work, I must rather appeal for this indulgence for the opposite reason; because for the Logic of the Concept German: "Logik des Begriffs." This refers to the part of logic dealing with the self-determining nature of thought, rather than just the objects thought about. there is a completely finished and solidified—one might even say, ossified—material already available. The task consists in bringing this material into a state of fluidity and rekindling the living concept within such dead matter. While building a new city in a barren land has its difficulties, there is at least no lack of space; however, there are far more obstacles of a different kind when the task is to provide a new layout to an old, solidly built city that has remained in continuous possession and habitation. One must, among other things, resolve to make no use at all of much that was previously valued in the existing stock. —

Principally, however, the magnitude of the subject itself may be cited as an excuse for the imperfect execution. For what subject is more sublime for knowledge Erkenntniß: Often translated as "cognition," this refers to the active process of the mind reaching a deep, systematic understanding of truth., than the