Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Note on the Leo Strauss Transcript Project vii
4. Editorial Headnote xi
5. Introduction to the Transcript of Leo Strauss’s 1965 Course on Hegel’s Philosophy of History 1
6. 1. Preliminary Considerations 17
7. 2. Reason in History and the Nature of Spirit 38
8. 3. The Actualization of Spirit in World History 60
9. 4. Historical Understanding and the Folk- Mind 84
10. 5. Africa and China 109
11. 6. China Continued and India 133
12. 7. India Continued and Persia 158
13. 8. Phoenicia, Judea, and Egypt 179
14. 9. The Greek World 201
15. 10. The Greek World Continued 223
16. 11. The Greek World Continued and the Roman World 246
17. 12. The Roman World Continued and the Advent of Christianity 265
18. 13. Interlude 290
19. 14. The Middle Ages 306
20. 15. The Middle Ages Continued 327
21. 16 .The Reformation, Enlightenment, and French Revolution 348
22. Notes 375
23. Index 403