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English and German versions of the curious text The Oldest System Program of German Idealism. Typeset in LaTeX.

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The Oldest System Programme of German Idealism (1797)

English and German versions of the curious text The Oldest System Program of German Idealism.

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This fragment in Hegel’s handwriting was found in his notebook and published in 1917 by F. Rosenzweig and attributed to Schelling. In 1926, W. Böhm argued Hölderlin was the author. It was not until 1965 that O. Pöggeler came forward with the thesis that Hegel was the author of this fragment. Since then, scholars have debated which of the Tübingen Three – Hegel, Hölderlin, or Schelling - is the true author.

Sources

The German source was taken from zeno.org which cites as it's source Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Werke. Band 1, Frankfurt a. M. 1979, S. 234-237..

The English translation was done by Diana I. Behler (date unknown) and is avaliable online several places (1, 2). Minor modifications were made for clarity and legibility.