Friedrich Hegel
Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegelwas a German philosopher and an important figure of German Idealism. He achieved wide renown in his day and, while primarily influential within the continental tradition of philosophy, has become increasingly influential in the analytic tradition as well. Although he remains a divisive figure, his canonical stature within Western philosophy is universally recognized...
truth essence development
The True is the whole. But the whole is nothing other than the essence consummating itself through its development. Of the Absolute it must be said that it is essentially a result, that only in the end is it what it truly is; and that precisely in this consists its nature, viz. to be actual, subject, the spontaneous becoming of itself.
life-and-death passing-away essentials
The nature of finite things is to have the seed of their passing-away as their essential being: the hour of their birth is the hour of their death.
essence moments modern
The essence of the modern state is that the universal be bound up with the complete freedom of its particular members and with private well-being, that thus the interests of family and civil society must concentrate themselves on the state. It is only when both these moments subsist in their strength that the state can be regarded as articulated and genuinely organized.
worship divine fairs
Too fair to worship, too divine to love.
men wife suits
A man who has work that suits him and a wife, whom he loves, has squared his accounts with life.
liberty individual abstract
When individuals and nations have once got in their heads the abstract concept of full-blown liberty, there is nothing like it in its uncontrollable strength.
certain knows
The more certain our knowledge the less we know.
ethical-principles two people
Genuine tragedy is a case not of right against wrong but of right against right - two equally justified ethical principles embodied in people of unchangeable will.
essence substance spirit
The substance, the essence, the Spirit is freedom.
philosophy philosophical mean
Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.
life valuable objects
Life has value only when it has something valuable as its object.
light people finite
People who are too fastidious towards the finite never reach actuality, but linger in abstraction, and their light dies away.
philosophy men views
The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far possesses, conforms precisely to the state of the world as he so far views it
liberty be-careful interest
When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.