PHIL 367 Chapter : Introduction to the Lectures on the History of Philosophy
6 Feb 2012
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Application of these categories to the history of philosophy. Philosophy is the thought which brings itself into consciousness the development of the thought which is not under any restraint in its activity. Thus, philosophy is a system, where system means totality, beginning with what is simple, and becoming concrete with development: the history of philosophy is this system. The history of philosophy is exactly this system. Philosophy today contains all the philosophies which have come before it. Hegel terms the evolution of philosophy as the self-developments of the spirit. Consequently, the history of philosophy is identical with the system of philosophy. Philosophy develops out of its history and vice versa. To study the history of philosophy is to study philosophy itself. : appearance of philosophy in time. No question can be raised about the meaning of thought because it is meaning itself.
