Abstract

That Ernst Troeltsch has been called “the greatest German philosopher of history since the days of Hegel” might encourage someone to investigate the connection between Troeltsch and Hegel. Yamin attempts such an investigation in his book; indeed he claims that “this study is, to the best of my knowledge, the first full-length exposition of Troeltsch’s relation to Hegel”. Yamin believes that Troeltsch, from his earliest writings to his latest, was engaged in constant dialogue with Hegel. Yamin’s thesis is contentious, and his own book seems to refute it.