Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — "The history of philosophy is the history of its errors."
The history of philosophy is the history of its errors.
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Lectures on the History of Philosophy, Introduction (Hegel viewed earlier philosophies as necessary stages, not mere errors, but this phrase captures a certain 'corrective' aspect of his own system)
Date: 1805-1831 (lectures)
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