In the context of Hegel’s lecture activities, his lectures on the history of philosophy hold particular significance: After the lectures on logic and metaphysics, Hegel devoted himself to no other subject as often and in as much detail, and with these lectures, he essentially founded the discipline of the history of philosophy within the structure of the philosophical sciences.
Hegel already lectured on the history of philosophy six times in total: in Jena in 1805/06, in Heidelberg in 1816/17 and 1817/18, and then in Berlin during the summers of 1819, the winter of 1820/21, and subsequently in two-year intervals in 1823/24, 1825/26, 1827/28, and 1829/30. In the winter of 1831/32, however, he was only able to deliver the beginning of the introduction. No lecture notes have yet been found from the Jena and Heidelberg lectures, but the Berlin lectures are all documented through notes, varying in quality from year to year.
Volume 30,1 presents the first part of the planned six-volume edition of the lectures on the history of philosophy. It contains the lecture notes from the summer of 1819 and the winter of 1820/21.
The following volumes will include the lecture notes from the 1823/24 (Volume 30,2), 1825/26 (Volume 30,3), 1827/28 (Volume 30,4), and 1829/30 sessions, as well as the beginning of the 1831/32 lectures (Volume 30,5), along with an appendix (Volume 30,6).
Simon Gros 
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