Hegel Reading Group: "The Doctrine of Essence" in the Science of Logic

Time: 4-6 p.m. Every Friday from Week 1 Spring Term

Location: FAB 2.33 (for the first and the fourth meetings on 12/01 and 02/02) and FAB 1.07 (for the other meetings)

Content:

Book 2: The Doctrine of Essence (Die Lehre vom Wesen)

Section 1: Essence as Reflection Within (Das Wesen als Reflexion in ihm selbst)

Chapter 1. Shine (Der Schein)

Chapter 2. The essentialities or the determinations of reflection (Die Wesenheiten oder die Reflexionsbestimmungen)

Chapter 3. Ground (Der Grund)

Format: We aim to read through and discuss the three chapters carefully and slowly together during the session, seeing how far we can go each time. Therefore, no specific text is assigned for each meeting, but you are encouraged to familiarise yourself with the text in advance.

This reading group is organised by Ying (ying.xue@warwick.ac.uk), Bruna (bruna.picas-i-prats.1@warwick.ac.uk) and Marco (Marco.Rienzi@warwick.ac.uk). Please get in touch with Ying to register your interest and keep updated.

Everyone is welcome to participate! Feel free to share this information with anyone you think might be interested.

Thank you so much!

All the best,

Ying