Preface
Introduction
Note on the Text
The three methods of writing history
Reason as the basis of history
The idea of history & its realization
The idea of freedom
The means of realization
The idea & the individual
The individual as subject of history
The individual as object of history
The State
The State as realization of the idea
Law as realization of freedom
The legal foundation of the State (The Constitution)
The religious foundation of the State
The course of world history
The principle of development
The origin of history
The pre-history of reason
The State as condition of history
The historical role of language
The course of development
The principle of a people
The dialectic of national principles