Before the end of Time will be the end of History. Before the end of History will be the end of Art. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel More Quotes by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel More Quotes From Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel fault-findingphilosophicalpositive No man is a hero to his valet. This is not because the hero is no hero, but because the valet is a valet. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel heroismheromen Science and knowledge, especially that of philosophy, came from the Arabs into the West. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel westphilosophy The History of the world is not the theatre of happiness. Periods of happiness are blank pages in it, for they are periods of harmony--periods when the antithesis is in abeyance. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel theatrehappinessworld Freedom is the fundamental character of the will, as weight is of matter... That which is free is the will. Will without freedom is an empty word. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel libertyfundamentalscharacter Philosophy is by its nature something esoteric, neither made for the mob nor capable of being prepared for the mob. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel esotericmadephilosophy We learn from history that man can never learn anything from history. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel oxymoronmenhistory Quite generally, the familiar, just because it is familiar, is not cognitively understood. The commonest way in which we deceive either ourselves or others about understanding is by assuming something as familiar, and accepting it on that account; with all its pros and cons, such knowing never gets anywhere, and it knows not why.... The analysis of an idea, as it used to be carried out, was, in fact, nothing else than ridding it of the form in which it had become familiar. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel thoughtfulideasthinking Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel philosophicalcomputermen God is the absolute truth... Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel atheistspiritualscience The force of mind is only as great as its expression; its depth only as deep as its power to expand and lose itself. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel depthexpressionmind Genuine tragedy is a case not of right against wrong but of right against right - two equally justified ethical principles embodied in people of unchangeable will. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ethical-principlestwopeople Whatever is reasonable is true, and whatever is true is reasonable Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel reasonablephilosophical Destiny is consciousness of oneself, but consciousness of oneself as an enemy. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel destinyconsciousnessenemy Regarding History as the slaughter-bench at which the happiness of peoples, the wisdom of States, and the virtue of individuals have been victimized--the question involuntarily arises--to what principle, to what final aim these enormous sacrifices have been offered. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel sacrificeprincipleshistory Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel philosophicalwarpeace The State is the Divine idea as it exists on Earth. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel divineearthideas What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel rationalphilosophicalphilosophy World history is a court of judgment. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel philosophicalhistoryworld Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel philosophicalnaturelittles
