The history whose events are thoughts - Hegel and the history of philosophy

Why does philosophy manifest itself as a development in time and why has it a history? What precisely is the origin and status of the history of philo sophy? This study seeks to uncover and analyze Hegel's replies to these que stions by using two complementary means: by studying the different versions of the introduction to the lectures on the history of philosophy, extendin g from 1820 to 1831, which has been made possible by the critical edition o f P. Garniron and W. Jaeschke published in 1994; the confrontation of the h istory of philosophy with the philosophy of history, it it is true, as we a im to show, that Hegel drew major inspiration from the latter in envisaging the history of thought. From this point of view, the thoughts of philosoph ers appear as specific events, susceptible of being apprehended differently , in representation or concept, with a temporality of their own, which can be characterized by the notions of "omnitemporality" and or "copresence".