Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences

IV

...section, which must contain what was previously understood as the proofs, and what is indispensable to a scientific philosophy. The title should indicate partly the scope of a whole, and partly the intention to reserve specific details for the oral lecture.

In an outline Grundriß; a foundational framework or syllabus intended to guide students through a complex subject, however, questions of mere external expediency in arrangement and organization are of greater concern only when the content is already presupposed and familiar—intended to be presented with deliberate brevity. Since the present presentation original: "Darstellung"; this term implies not just a description, but the way a philosophical system is "made present" or structured in thought is not in this situation, but instead establishes a new treatment of philosophy according to a method which I hope will yet be recognized as the only true one, being identical with the content [itself], [it will be] recognized...