Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm 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...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth27 August 1770
CountryGermany
catholic position oppressed
The Catholics had been in the position of oppressors, and the Protestants of the oppressed
philosophy firsts study
The courage of the truth is the first condition of philosophic study.
country special momentum
India has created a special momentum in world history as a country to be searched for knowledge.
philosophical reasonable
Whatever is reasonable is true, and whatever is true is reasonable
lying land america
America is therefore the land of the future, where, in the ages that lie before us, the burden of the World's History shall reveal itself.
love struggle heaven
Everything that from eternity has happened in heaven and earth, the life of God and all the deeds of time simply are the struggles for Spirit to know Itself, to find Itself, be for Itself, and finally unite itself to Itself; it is alienated and divided, but only so as to be able thus to find itself and return to Itself...As existing in an individual form, this liberation is called 'I'; as developed to its totality, it is free Spirit; as feeling, it is Love; and as enjoyment, it is Blessedness.
mean journey goal
Impatience asks for the impossible, wants to reach the goal without the means of getting there. The length of the journey has to be borne with, for every moment is necessary.
evil perceive
Evil resides in the very gaze which perceives Evil all around itself.
hero men valet
No man is a hero to his valet de chamber
engagement and-love virtue
Propounding peace and love without practical or institutional engagement is delusion, not virtue.
life opposites ideas
Every idea, extended into infinity, becomes its own opposite.
spiritual known
Beauty is merely the Spiritual making itself known sensuously.
giving progress spirit
The spirit is never at rest, but always engaged in progressive motion, giving itself new form.
positive philosophical fault-finding
The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.