PHIL 4070/6070
Nineteenth Century European Philosophy
PHIL 4070 call number: 40993
PHIL 6070 call number: 60994
12:20-1:10 PM MWF (Peabody Hall 205S)
Professor Richard Dien Winfield
Room 103 Peabody Hall
Tel. 542-2811
Email: winfield@uga.edu
OFFICE HOURS: 2:30-3:15P TU, W, TH
The course will examine works of Marx, Nietzsche, and Hegel to explore the fundamental options of
post-Enlightenment nineteenth century European philosophy.
All academic work must meet the standards contained in “A Culture of Honesty.” All students are
responsible to inform themselves about those standards before performing any academic work.
REQUIRED READINGS
Marx, Karl, Capital – Volume I (NY: Dover Publications, 2011; ISBN-10: 0486477487)
Marx, Karl, Early Political Writings, ed. Joseph O’Malley (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press,
1994), ISBN 0-521-34994-X
Nietzsche, Friedrich, The Portable Nietzsche, ed. & trans. Walter Kaufmann (NY: Penguin, 1982), ISBN:
0-14-15062
Hegel, G. W. F., Elements of the Philosophy of Right, ed. by Allen W. Wood, trans. by H. B. Nisbet
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991), ISBN: 0-512-34888-9
Hegel, G. W. F., The Science of Logic, trans. A. V. Miller (New York: Humanities, 1991), ISBN: 0-39103601-7
Winfield, Richard Dien, Hegel’s Science of Logic: A Critical Rethinking in Thirty Lectures (Lanham,
MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012); ISBN: 978-1-4422-1934-2
SYLLABUS (subject to change)
1/6 M
Introduction
1/8 W
Marx, Early Political Writings “On Feuerbach” 116-118, “The German Ideology” 119135
1/10 F
Marx Early Political Writings “The German Ideology” 135-154
1/13 M
Marx Early Political Writings “The German Ideology” 154-181
1/15 W
Marx Early Political Writings “From the Paris Notebooks” 71-96
1/17 F
Marx Early Political Writings “On the Jewish Question” 28-56
1/20 M
MLK HOLIDAY
1/22 W
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1/31 F
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2/28 F
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3/10-3/14
3/17 M
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3/31 M
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4/25 F
Marx Capital Chapter I 41-96
Marx Capital Chapters II-III 96-162
Marx Capital Chapters IV-VI 163-196
Marx Capital Chapter VII 197-221
Nietzsche Twilight of the Idols 465-484
Nietzsche Twilight of the Idols 485-505
Nietzsche Twilight of the Idols 505-534
Nietzsche Twilight of the Idols 534-563; The Antichrist 569-579
Nietzsche The Antichrist 579-614
Nietzsche The Antichrist 614-656
Hegel, Science of Logic 43-59; Winfield 1-30
Hegel, Science of Logic 59-78; Winfield 31-45
Hegel, Science of Logic 79-105; Winfield 47-68
Hegel, Science of Logic 105-122; Winfield 69-88
Hegel, Science of Logic 157-170; Winfield 109-131
Hegel, Science of Logic 389-408; Winfield 143-164
Hegel, Science of Logic 409-431; Winfield 165-169
Hegel, Science of Logic 431-443; Winfield 169-181
Hegel, Science of Logic 444-456; Winfield 183-193
Hegel, Science of Logic 456-469
SPRING BREAK
Hegel, Science of Logic 469-478
Hegel, Science of Logic 479-489
Hegel, Science of Logic 489-498
Hegel, Science of Logic 499-511
Hegel, Science of Logic 512-523
Hegel, Science of Logic 523-534
Hegel, Science of Logic 546-557
Hegel, Science of Logic 558-571; Winfield 195-206
Hegel, Science of Logic 575-597; Winfield 207-221
Hegel, Science of Logic 600-612; Winfield 223-236
Hegel, Science of Logic 612-622
Hegel, Philosophy of Right (#1-29, pp. 25-58)
Hegel, Philosophy of Right (#30-53, pp. 59-84)
Hegel, Philosophy of Right (#54-58, 105-114, 142-157, pp. 84-88, 135-142, 189-198)
Hegel, Philosophy of Right (#182-208, pp. 220-239)
Hegel, Philosophy of Right (#209-214, 230-256, pp. 240-246, 259-274)
Hegel, Philosophy of Right (#257-274, pp. 275-313)
CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS
ESSAY ASSIGNMENTS
Essay #1 (Due 2/12; 25% of final grade)
Essay #2 (Due 3/17; 25% of final grade)
Final Term Paper (Due Friday, 5/2; 50% of final grade)
ATTENDANCE POLICY: 1 letter grade penalty for 4 or more unexcused absences