Desmond, William (2022) Herodotus, Hegel, and knowledge. Intellectual History Review, 32 (3). pp. 453-471. ISSN 1749-6977

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This article locates Hegel’s understanding of the nature ofknowledge in various contexts (Hegel’s logical system, Kantianidealism, the Enlightenment ideal ofencyclopaedia) and applies itspecifically to his systematic classification of histories. Here Hegellabels Herodotus an“original”historian, and hence incapable ofthe broader vision and self-reflexive method of a“philosophical”historian like Hegel himself. This theoretical classification is notquite in accord with Hegel’s actual appropriation of material fromHerodotus’s narrative for his own purposes. These appropriationspoint in complex ways to dimensions of the“Father of History”which are proto-Hegelian, as well as to other dimensions whichare not.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Hegel; Herodotus; knowledge;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > Ancient Classics
Item ID:	17692
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/17496977.2022.2097410
Depositing User:	Dr William Desmond
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2023 09:15
Journal or Publication Title:	Intellectual History Review
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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