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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Quotes

Biography: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is known for his contributions to German... more Biography: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is known for his contributions to German idealism and his development of dialectical methodology. Born in 1770 in Stuttgart, Hegel's works, including "The Phenomenology of Spirit" and "The Science of Logic," have profoundly influenced numerous disciplines, ranging from philosophy to political theory. less

"To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual."

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"Religion must indeed be reckoned among the matters of highest importance to the state, for when religion is ruined, the constitution follows."

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"The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything."

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"Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights."

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"World history is not the ground of happiness. The periods of happiness are the blank pages of history."

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"The owl of Minerva begins its flight only with the coming of the dusk."

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"When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interest which is thereby designated."

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"Philosophy is its own time comprehended in thoughts."

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"The courage of truth is the first condition of philosophic study."

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"To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great."

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"Education is the art of making man ethical."

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"An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think."

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"Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond."

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"The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom."

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"Freedom is the essence of self-consciousness."

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