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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel


Born
in Stuttgart, Germany
August 27, 1770

Died
November 14, 1831

Genre

Influences


Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) was a German philosopher and one of the founding figures of German Idealism. Influenced by Kant's transcendental idealism and Rousseau's politics, Hegel formulated an elaborate system of historical development of ethics, government, and religion through the dialectical unfolding of the Absolute. Hegel was one of the most well-known historicist philosopher, and his thought presaged continental philosophy, including postmodernism. His system was inverted into a materialist ideology by Karl Marx, originally a member of the Young Hegelian faction. ...more

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“Nothing great in the world was accomplished without passion.”
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“We learn from history that we do not learn from history.”
Georg Hegel

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