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This book considers one of the most important philosophers: G. W. F. Hegel (1770-1831). With the aid of Hegel scholarship, we are able to gain a fair appreciation of his important role in the history of Western philosophy. This book focuses on Hegel's Introduction to The Lectures on the History of Philosophy, in which Hegel provides his view of the history of philosophy as the unfolding of Spirit's self-understanding as conscious thought or reason. Spirit is for Hegel the Absolute, being, what is ultimately real; Spirit is a version of God. Spirit is also reason. Hegel sees the self-...

In the fall of 1947, an eighty-four-year-old woman receives an extraordinary invitation. Within is the end of a long journey seeking vindication for a husband who gave his life to the service of the Royal Navy and received, in return, ingratitude. Thus begins the story of Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine. Victoria, the eldest daughter of Princess Alice and Prince Ludwig of Hesse, was born in April 1863.

Florida Lost and Gained: Spain’s Last Colony, America’s New Frontier (1800–1860) For centuries, Florida stood on the edge of empires—first a distant outpost of Spain, then a young American republic’s strategic prize. In Florida Lost and Gained, author Donald Elton uncovers the turbulent half-century that transformed Florida from a neglected Spanish possession into a key Southern state on the eve of the U.S. Civil War. This richly detailed narrative brings to life the final decades of Spanish rule, the diplomatic and military maneuvering behind the Adams–Onís Treaty, and the ...

Dean Latimer has a reputation for being handy with both his fists and guns -- and staying cool under fire. So When Marshal Konrad Ellington needs him to help Constance Dewitt prove her brother Sheldon innocent of a murder charge, he is the perfect man for the job. But the town of Baxterville is run by crooked men, with gunslingers backing their play: and when Latimer tries to save the innocent Sheldon, he ends up accused of murder and running for his life...