Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences (1817) - Page 13

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The need to provide my listeners with a guide Leitfaden; literally a "leading thread," referring to a manual or syllabus meant to accompany oral instruction for my philosophical lectures is the immediate reason that I am allowing this overview of the entire scope of philosophy to be published original: "ans Licht treten lasse," literally "let step into the light" earlier than I had otherwise intended.

The nature of an outline Grundriß; a foundational sketch or compendium that provides the essential structure of a discipline not only precludes a more exhaustive elaboration of the ideas according to their content, but also particularly constrains the elaboration of their systematic...