Leo Strauss on Hegel

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the transcript of Leo Strauss's 1965 course on Hegel's Philosophy of history -- Preliminary considerations -- Reason in history and the nature of spirit -- The actualization of spirit in world history -- Historical understanding and the folk-mind -- Africa and China -- China continued and India -- India continued and Persia -- Phoenicia, Judea, and Egypt -- The Greek world -- The Greek world continued -- The Greek world continued and the Roman world -- The Roman world continued and the advent of Christianity -- Interlude: the concept of the philosophy of history -- The Middle Ages -- The Middle Ages continued -- The Reformation, Enlightenment, and French Revolution.