Conspectus of Hegel’s book
The Science of Logic

Written September–December 1914 · First published 1929 in Lenin Miscellany IX · pages 85–241 · Translated by Clemence Dutt

Conspectus of Hegel’s book “The Science of Logic” consists of three notebooks, which have a common pagination from 1 to 115. On the cover of the first notebook, in addition to the inscription "Hegel. Logic I," there is the entry: “Notebooks on Philosophy. Hegel, Feuerbach and others.” On the cover of the second notebook, to the pagination 49-88, there is the appendage: NB p. 76 (pp. 192-193 of this volume). At the bottom of page III, there is written: "End of Logic. 17.XII.1914.” The conspectus was probably begun during the first half of September 1914, when Lenin moved from Poronin to Bern, Switzerland.

Note that this document has undergone special formating to ensure that Lenin’s sidenotes fit on the page, marking as best as possible where they were located in the original manuscript.


 

Cover of First Notebook Prefaces & Introduction:

Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction: General Concept of Logic

Book One: The Doctrine of Being

With What Should One Begin Science?
Section One: Determinateness (Quality)
Section Two: Magnitude (Quantity)
Section Three: Measure

Book Two: Essence

page 100 Section One: Essence as Reflection in Itself
Section Two: Appearance
Section Three: Actuality

Book Three: Subjective Logic or the Doctrine of the Notion

On the Notion in General
Section One: Subjectivity
Section Two: Objectivity
Section Three: The Idea