Preface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionAcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Hegel and Hegelianism I Hegel''s Berlin Period: 1818-1831 II The Development of so-called Right and Left Hegelianism III Danish Hegelianism IV Thesis and Methodology of the Present Study1 The Earliest Danish Encounters with Hegel''s Philosophy : Before 1824 I Baggesen''s Possible Encounter with Hegel in 1794 II Johan Erik von Berger''s Relation to Hegel from circa 1797 III Steffens'' Relation to Hegel from 1801 IV Oehlenschläger''s Encounter with Hegel in Jena in 1806 V Sibbern''s Journey to Prussia and the German States from 1811-1813 VI Hans Christian Ørsted''s Encounter with Hegel in 1812 VII Clausen''s Stay in Berlin: 1818-1819 VIII Peder Hjort''s Visit to Berlin in 1821 IX Krarup''s Visit to Berlin: 1821-1822 X Sibbern''s On Knowledge and Enquiry XI Sibbern''s Elements of Logic XII The Announcement about Hegel''s Student, Franz Mavros XIII Rudelbach''s Visit to Berlin2 Heiberg and the Howitz Controversy: 1824 I Heiberg''s Trip to Berlin and His Hegelian Conversion II Howitz''s Article "On Madness and Ascribing Responsibility" III Anders Sandøe Ørsted''s Response to Howitz IV Mynster''s Response to Howitz V Sibbern''s Response to Howitz VI Howitz''s Response to His Critics: Determinism, or Hume against Kant VII Heiberg''s Hegelian Response: On Human Freedom VIII The Reception of Heiberg''s On Human Freedom IX Heiberg''s Outline of a System of Aesthetics as a Speculative Science X Heiberg''s Flight from Kiel3 Heiberg''s Return to Copenhagen: 1825-1826 I Heiberg''s Contingency Regarded from the Point of View of Logic II Sibbern''s Review of Heiberg''s Treatise on Contingency III Poul Martin Møller''s "On the Development of Popular Ideas" IV Mynster''s Article on the Law of Identity V Heiberg''s Poem "Life and Death"4 Heiberg''s Initial Attempts to Popularize Philosophy in Kjøbenhavns flyvende Post : 1827 I Heiberg''s Article, "Confessions of an English Opium Eater" II Heiberg''s "On Solger" III Heiberg''s "A Letter Found on the Street" IV Heiberg''s Nemesis Essay V Zeuthen''s Visit to Berlin VI Heiberg''s "On the Materialist and Idealist Principle in Language" VII Heiberg''s Review of Lucubrations of a Prisoner of the State VIII Heiberg''s "A Letter from Baggesen" IX Heiberg''s "On Tegnér''s Frithiof"5 Heiberg''s Attempt to Develop a Hegelian System of Aesthetics in Kjøbenhavns flyvende Post : 1828 I Heiberg''s Taxonomy of Poetic Forms in His Polemic with Oehlenschläger II Peder Hjort''s Response to Heiberg''s Criticism of Oehlenschläger III Heiberg''s Taxonomy of Natural Beauty in "On Beauty in Nature" IV Kjøbenhavnsposten''s Response to Heiberg''s Criticism of Jacob Baden V Heiberg''s Development of Dramatic Character VI Kjøbenhavnsposten''s "On Occasion of Flyvende post''s No. 42" VII A Brief Article in Kjøbenhavnsposten , "Hegel''s Philosophy" VIII Heiberg''s "Cousin''s Visits at Goethe''s" IX Heiberg''s Account of the Bad Infinity in "A few Words about the Infinite"6 Sibbern''s Philosophical Archive and Collection and the Resumption of the Flyvende Post : 1829-1830 I Peter Christian Kierkegaard''s Stay in Berlin II Sibbern''s "On Abstraction and Abstract Analysis" III Sibbern''s "On Intellectual Intuition" IV Heiberg''s Poetical "Letter to the Magic Lantern Double in Sorø" V Heiberg''s Review, "Bretschneider''s Defense of Rationalism" VI Lorenzen''s Review of Heise''s Plato Edition VII Heiberg''s Discussion of the Correspondence between Goethe and Schiller7 Heiberg''s Promulgation of Hegelianism at the Royal Military College: 1831-1832 I Heiberg''s Overview of the Danish belles lettres II Zeuthen''s Something about Philosophy and its Cultivation III Zeuthen''s for Aesthetics and Philosophy IV Hegel''s Death and the Speculation about His Successor V Zeuthen''s On the Moral Independence of Man VI Heiberg''s Speculative Logic VII The Critical Reception of Heiberg''s Speculative Logic 8 The Debate about Heiberg''s On the Significance of Philosophy for the Present Age : 1833 I Zeuthen''s On the Idea of Modesty II The Article "Hegel and Steffens" III Heiberg''s On the Significance of Philosophy for the Present Age IV Zeuthen''s Elucidations and Heiberg''s Response V Mynster''s "On Religious Conviction" VI The Review of On the Significance of Philosophy in Kjøbenhavnsposten VII Tryde''s Review of On the Significance of Philosophy VIII Heiberg''s Response IX Tryde''s Rejoinder X Møller''s Lectures on the History of Ancient Philosophy XI Zeuthen''s Second Journey9 The Resumption of Heiberg''s Flyvende Post : 1834-1835 I Heiberg''s "Symbolism" II The Satirical Article, "Excerpts from Gumba''s Posthumous Manuscripts" III Heiberg''s "Letters to a Village Pastor" IV Heiberg''s Introductory Lecture to the Logic Course V Møller''s Review of Sibbern''s On Poetry and Art 10 The End of an Era: 1836 I Møller''s Review of The Extremes II Weis'' "Some Remarks on the Philosophy of Law and Positive Law" III Peder Hjort''s "From a New Letter from the Provinces" IV Kierkegaard and the Satirical Drama: "The Collegium Politicum of the Flyvende Post " V Martensen''s Journey Abroad VI Heiberg and Martensen in Paris VII Sibbern''s Criticism of Hegel''s Account of Socrates VIII A Response to Sibbern''s Criticism of Hegel''s Account of Socrates IX The Transition to the Next Period of the Hegel Reception in DenmarkBibliography I Secondary Sources on the Danish Hegel Reception II Primary Texts and Sources Used III Secondary Literature and Material UsedIndex of PersonsSubject Index.