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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher and a major figure in the tradition of German idealism. His influence on Western philosophy extends across a wide range of topics—from metaphysical issues in epistemology and ontology, to political philosophy, to philosophy of art and philosophy of religion.
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Born 27 August 1770 · Died 14 November 1831 · Q9235
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“Any idea is a universalization, and universalizing is a property of thinking. To universalize something means to think.”
“Every representation is a generalization, and this is inherent in thought. To generalize something means to think it.”
“'Ethical Life' (Sittlichkeit), analyzes the principles and institutions governing central aspects of rational social life, including the family, civil society, and the state as a whole, including the government.”
“'Abstract Right,' treats principles governing property, its transfer, and wrongs against property.”
“'Morality,' treats the rights of moral subjects, responsibility for one's actions, and a priori theories of right.”
“An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think.”
“All that is real is reasonable, and all that is reasonable is real.”
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“The Spirit of Christianity and Its Fate”
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The Hegel scholar and biographer Klaus Vieweg discovered more than 4,000 pages of previously undocumented transcripts of Hegel's Heidelberg lectures in the library of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
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“Hegel, Philosophy of Mind (quoted by W. Wallace & A. V. Miller in Philosophy of Mind, Oxford 2010; also quoted in other words by Slavoj Žižek in A Glance into the Archives of Islam, Lacan dot com, 1997).”
“Miscellaneous writings of G.W.F. Hegel, translation by Jon Bartley Stewart, Northwestern University Press, 2002, page 247.”
“Hegel citado em "Cadernos do cárcere", Volume 1 - Página 386, Antonio Gramsci, Carlos Nelson Coutinho - Editora Record, 2001, ISBN 852000511X, 9788520005118 - 496 páginas”
“Briefe von und an Hegel, Volume 4, Part 1, Meiner Verlag, 1977, p. 168”
“„Wenn die Philosophie ihr Grau in Grau malt, dann ist eine Gestalt des Lebens alt geworden, und mit Grau in Grau lässt sie sich nicht verjüngen, sondern nur erkennen; die Eule der Minerva beginnt erst mit der einbrechenden Dämmerung ihren Flug.“ Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1972, S. 14.”
“Enzyklopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaften im Grundrisse, Werke in 20 Bänden, Suhrkamp Verlag, 1970, §80, Band 8, Seite 169”
“Prólogo da "Fenomenologia do Espírito", conforme citado em "Arte e sociedade em Marcuse, Adorno e Benjamin: ensaio crítico sôbre a escola neohegeliana de Frankfurt" - página 101, Por José Guilherme Merquior, Publicado por Ed. Tempo Brasileiro, 1969, 311 páginas”
“Difference of the Fichtean and Schellingean System of Philosophy, cited in W. Kaufmann, Hegel (1966), p. 49”
“Introduction to the Critical Journal of Philosophy, cited in W. Kaufmann, Hegel (1966), p. 56”
“(wyd. Warszawa 1966, tłum. J. Grabowski i A. Landman)”
“(Warszawa 1958, tłum. J. Grabowski, A. Landman)”
“Carmelo Saclia, « La philosophie de Karl Marx », Revue néo-scolastique de philosophie, Revue Philosophique de Louvain, no66, 1910, p. 183 [texte intégral (page consultée le 19 octobre 2018)]”
– have attributed to Hegel some form of the thesis that art is "dead
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The young Hegel's education there by saying that it "belonged entirely to the Enlightenment with respect to principle, and entirely to classical antiquity with respect to curriculum
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“Das Wahre ist das Ganze." - Phänomenologie des Geistes, Vorrede (1841), S. 15 books.google und zeno.org”
“Werke - Volume 8 - Página 225, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - Duncker und Humblot, 1840”
“Hegel; Werke: Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Geschichte, Volume 9 - Página 28, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philipp Konrad Marheineke, Heinrich Gustav Hotho - Duncker und Humblot, 1837 - 446 páginas”
“Stehen Frauen an der Spitze der Regierung, so ist der Staat in Gefahr, denn sie handeln nicht nach den Anforderungen der Allgemeinheit, sondern nach zufälliger Neigung und Meinung." - Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts, oder Naturrecht und Staatswissenschaft im Grundrisse, Berlin, 1833, § 166 S. 231 books.google.de”
“„Jede Vorstellung ist eine Verallgemeinerung, und diese gehört dem Denken an. Etwas allgemein machen, heißt, es denken.“ - Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts, oder Naturrecht und Staatswissenschaft im Grundrisse, Berlin, 1833, Einleitung S. 35 books.google.de”
“Any idea is a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize something means to think it.”
Died 1831-11-14.
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Awarded Order of the Red Eagle 3rd Class (1831).
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“Temu, kto spogląda na świat racjonalnie, świat ukazuje swoje racjonalne aspekty. Relacja jest wzajemna.”
“To, co jest wytworzone z formy czystej myśli, a nie mocą autorytetu, tylko to należy do filozofii.”
“Czytanie gazety zastępuje nowoczesnemu człowiekowi poranną modlitwę.”
“Sprawiedliwość musi stać się obyczajem, musi wejść w zwyczaj, rzeczywista działalność ludzka musi się stać działaniem rozumnym, państwo musi mieć rozumną organizację, a ta dopiero czyni wolę jednostek wolą rzeczywiście sprawiedliwą.”
“Dla kamerdynera nikt nie jest bohaterem… nie dlatego by ten nie był bohaterem, lecz dlatego, iż tamten jest kamerdynerem.”
“It strikes everyone in beginning to form an acquaintance with the treasures of Indian literature, that a land so rich in intellectual products and those of the profoundest order of thought...”
“(Die) List der Vernunft. (niem.)”
“India has created a special momentum in world history as a country to be searched for.”
“There are Plebes in all classes.”
“Hegel dowodził, ku własnej satysfakcji i zapewne z poklaskiem słuchaczy, że historia jest zjawiskiem racjonalnym, a zarazem posiada krzepiący wymiar moralny.”
“Rozwój (…) sztuki romantycznej oraz jej ostatni etap polega na wewnętrznym rozkładzie samego materiału artystycznego, rozpadającego się na swe elementy, na wyzwalaniu się jego części, wraz z którym – odwrotnie niż w sztuce klasycznej – rośnie subiektywna umiejętność oraz artyzm twórczości, który staje się tym bardziej doskonały, im mniej ważkim staje się czynnik substancjalny.”
“Potęga geniusza przechodzi nad tym wszystkim do porządku, a smak ustępując przed nią na plan dalszy, czuje się niepewnie i nieswojo.”
“To be aware of limitations is already to be beyond them.”
“Tudo o que é racional é real e tudo o que é real é racional.”
“Świadomość siebie jako istoty podwojonej i ze sobą tylko sprzecznej to świadomość nieszczęśliwa.”
Frederick William III decorated him with the Order of the Red Eagle, 3rd Class for his service to the Prussian state
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“Źródłem idei wolności człowieka jest Biblia.”
“Opis: o Napoleonie Bonaparte.”
“Kto patrzy na świat rozumnie, na tego i świat patrzy rozumnie.”
“Opis: o wykładach Hegla, na które uczęszczał w Berlinie w 1825.”
“Wem Gott ein Amt gibt, dem gibt er auch Verstand, - ist ein alter Scherz, den man wohl in unsern Zeiten nicht gar für Ernst wird behaupten wollen." - Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts, Berlin 1821. Vorrede S. XVI books.google.de”
“Der Staat ist die Wirklichkeit der sittlichen Idee." - Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts, Berlin 1821. § 257 books.google.de”
Hegel accepted the renewed offer of the chair of philosophy at the University of Berlin, which had remained vacant since Johann Gottlieb Fichte's death in 1814
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However, Hegel begins lecturing on the philosophy of art as an explicitly autonomous domain
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Hegel published Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Basic Outline as a summary of his philosophy for students attending his lectures at Heidelberg
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Hegel married Marie Helena Susanna von Tucher (1791–1855), the eldest daughter of a Nuremberg senator
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“Nürnberg, Sep. 30, 1809; Schrieb's zum Andenken (written to remember)”
“s help in securing a teaching position. With the help of Niethammer, Hegel was appointed headmaster of a gymnasium in Nuremberg in November 1808, a post he held until 1816. While in Nuremberg, Hegel adapted his recently published Phenomenology of Spirit for use in the classroom. Part of his remit was to teach a class called”
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Had to move to Bamberg since his savings and the payment from the Phenomenology were exhausted and he needed money to support his illegitimate son Ludwig
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The university promoted Hegel to the unsalaried position of extraordinary professor after he wrote a letter to the poet and minister of culture Johann Wolfgang von Goethe protesting the promotion of his philosophical adv
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Schelling and Hegel founded the journal Kritische Journal der Philosophie (Critical Journal of Philosophy) to which they contributed until the collaboration ended when Schelling left for Würzburg in 1803
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Hegel came to Jena at the encouragement of Schelling, who held the position of Extraordinary Professor at the University of Jena
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Born 1770-08-27.
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