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
pieces individual whole
An individual piece only has meaning when it is seen as part of the whole.
passion form accomplished
Nothing great has been and nothing great can be accomplished without passion. It is only a dead, too often, indeed, a hypocriticalmoralizing which inveighs against the form of passion as such.
days-gone-by atheism proof
The proofs of the existence of God are to such an extent fallen into discredit that they pass for something antiquated, belonging to days gone by.
peace war philosophical
Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.
philosophical rational
What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational
philosophical men understand-me
Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me
philosophical giving events
Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.
philosophical assuming deputies
The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many.
looks world aspect
To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.
break-through unity bud
The bud disappears when the blossom breaks through, and we might say that the former is refuted by the latter; in the same way when the fruit comes, the blossom may be explained to be a false form of the plant’s existence, for the fruit appears as its true nature in place of the blossom. The ceaseless activity of their own inherent nature makes these stages moments of an organic unity, where they not merely do not contradict one another, but where one is as necessary as the other; and constitutes thereby the life of the whole.
passion individuality desire
We assert then that nothing has been accomplished without interest on the part of the actors; and — if interest be called passion, inasmuch as the whole individuality, to the neglect of all other actual or possible interests and claims, is devoted to an object with every fibre of volition, concentrating all its desires and powers upon it — we may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the World has been accomplished without passion.
racist enjoyed
Africa has no history and did not contribute to anything that makind enjoyed...
goes-on doe physics
It is because the method of physics does not satisfy the comprehension that we have to go on further.
whole
The true is the whole.