Portrait of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Dialectical philosophy

Modern influential 81 sayings

Sayings by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

The Idea is the truth of itself, and the truth of everything else.

1812-1816 — Science of Logic, Book 3, Section 1, Chapter 1
Wisdom Unverifiable

The Absolute is pure being, and pure nothingness.

1812-1816 — Science of Logic, Book 1, Section 1, Chapter 1
Wisdom Unverifiable

Man is a thinking being, a being that thinks.

1832 (posthumous) — Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Part 1, Section 1, Chapter 1
Power & Leadership Unverifiable

The Absolute is the identity of identity and non-identity.

1812-1816 — Science of Logic, Book 1, Section 2, Chapter 2
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The State is the reality of the moral idea – the moral spirit as substantial will, manifest and clear to itself, which thinks and knows itself, and accomplishes what it knows and in so far as it knows.

1821 — Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Part 3, Section 3, Paragraph 257
Wisdom Unverifiable

The concrete is the unity of diverse determinations.

1812-1816 — Science of Logic, Book 3, Section 1, Chapter 1
Inspirational Unverifiable

The true is the self-realization of the concept.

1812-1816 — Science of Logic, Book 3, Section 1, Chapter 1
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The spirit of the age is the spirit of God.

1837 (posthumous) — Lectures on the Philosophy of History, Introduction
Biblical Unverifiable

The world is not a finished thing, but a process.

1807 — Phenomenology of Spirit, Preface
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The Notion is the truth of being and essence.

1812-1816 — Science of Logic, Book 3, Section 1, Chapter 1
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The will is free, but it is also determined.

1821 — Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Introduction, Paragraph 15
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The true is the rational, and the rational is the true.

1821 — Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Preface
Wisdom Unverifiable

The logical is the absolute form of truth, and indeed the truth itself.

1812-1816 — Science of Logic, Book 3, Section 1, Chapter 1
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The universe is an organic whole.

1807 — Phenomenology of Spirit, Preface
Wisdom Unverifiable

The object is implicitly the same as the subject.

1807 — Phenomenology of Spirit, Preface
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The principle of all development is the contradiction.

1812-1816 — Science of Logic, Book 2, Section 1, Chapter 2
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The State is the reality of the concrete freedom.

1821 — Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Part 3, Section 3, Paragraph 257
Justice & Rights Unverifiable

The Absolute is that which is in and for itself.

1812-1816 — Science of Logic, Book 1, Section 1, Chapter 1
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The Idea is the unity of the concept and its reality.

1812-1816 — Science of Logic, Book 3, Section 1, Chapter 1
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The individual is not a substance, but a subject.

1807 — Phenomenology of Spirit, Preface
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