In the context of Hegel’s lecturing activities, his lectures on the history of philosophy hold particular significance: next to his lectures on logic and metaphysics, Hegel devoted himself to no other topic as frequently and thoroughly. With these lectures, he effectively established the discipline of the history of philosophy within the structure of the philosophical sciences.
Hegel had already lectured on the history of philosophy in Jena in 1805/06, in Heidelberg in 1816/17 and 1817/18, and then six times in Berlin (Summer 1819, Winter 1820/21, and subsequently on a biennial cycle: 1823/24, 1825/26, 1827/28, and 1829/30), though in Winter 1831/32, he was only able to present the beginning of the introduction. No lecture transcripts are known from the Jena and Heidelberg courses, but the Berlin lectures are all documented by transcripts, each of which varies in quality from year to year.
With Volume 30,2, the second part of the six-volume edition of the lectures on the history of philosophy is published. It contains the transcripts of the lecture course from the winter semester of 1823/24.
The preceding volume (30,1) contains the transcripts of the lectures from Summer 1819 and Winter 1820/21. The following volumes will include the transcripts from the lecture courses of 1825/26 (Volume 30,3), 1827/28 (Volume 30,4), 1829/30, as well as the beginning of the lecture course from 1831/32 (Volume 30,5) and the appendix (Volume 30,6).
Simon Gros 
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