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ThismajoradditiontotheseriesofCambridgeTextsintheHistoryofPoliticalThoughtseekstogivestudentswithnospecialistknowledgeaccesstoboththepracticalandthemetaphysicalaspectsofHegel`spoliticalthought.TheethicalandmetaphysicaltextsinthiscollectionbothilluminateandcontrastwiththosepoliticalandhistwricaltextsinwhichHegeldrawsimportantconchusionsaboutthemodernworldfromremarablecomparativeanalysisofrecentdevelopmentsinEngland,FranceandGermany.thetranslatorofthesetexts,H.B.Nisbet,wasresponsiblefortheacclaimedrenditionofHegel`sPhilosophyofRightalreadypublishedinthisseries,andLaurenceDickey`slucideditorialcommentaryintroducesthisdistinctivecorpusofpoliticalwritingbyoneoftheverygreatestthinkersinEuropeantradition.Afullchronology,explanatoryannotation,glossaryandbibliographyareappendedtoaidthestudentreader.LAURENCEDICKEYisProfessorofHistoryattheUniversityofWisconsin-Madison.H.B.NISBETisProfessorofModernLanguagesofCambridge,andaFellowofSidneySidneySussexCollege.