The Phenomenology of Spirit was Hegel's first major work and at the same time his most uniquely composed book. In it, he further develops the philosophical ideas of Kant, Fichte, and Schelling, comprehensively bringing together questions of theoretical and practical philosophy, and reconstructing the entirety of Western philosophy. Understanding this text poses significant challenges not only for beginners in philosophy. Georg W. Bertram provides essential assistance in this commentary, thereby revealing once again the magic that the reading of this classic continues to exert to this day.