To make abstractions hold in reality is to destroy reality. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel More Quotes by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel More Quotes From Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 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 heroism hero men Science and knowledge, especially that of philosophy, came from the Arabs into the West. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel west philosophy 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 theatre happiness world 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 liberty fundamentals character Philosophy is by its nature something esoteric, neither made for the mob nor capable of being prepared for the mob. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel esoteric made philosophy We learn from history that man can never learn anything from history. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel oxymoron men history 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 thoughtful ideas thinking Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel philosophical computer men God is the absolute truth... Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel atheist spiritual science 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 depth expression mind 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-principles two people Whatever is reasonable is true, and whatever is true is reasonable Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel reasonable philosophical Destiny is consciousness of oneself, but consciousness of oneself as an enemy. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel destiny consciousness enemy 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 sacrifice principles history Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel philosophical war peace The State is the Divine idea as it exists on Earth. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel divine earth ideas What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel rational philosophical philosophy World history is a court of judgment. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel philosophical history world Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel philosophical nature littles The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far possesses, conforms precisely to the state of the world as he so far views it Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel views men philosophy
