Quotes of Georg Hegel - somelinesforyou

“ The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ Life has a value only when it has something valuable as its object. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ When we walk the streets at night in safety, it does not strike us that this might be otherwise. This habit of feeling safe has become second nature, and we do not reflect on just how this is due solely to the working of special institutions. Commonplace thinking often has the impression that force holds the state together, but in fact its only bond is the fundamental sense of order which everybody possesses. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ America is, therefore the land of the future, where, in the ages that lie before us, the burden of the World's history shall reveal itself. It is a land of desire for all those who are weary of the historical lumber-room of Old Europe. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ The courage of the truth is the first condition of philosophic study. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst many. The important thing here is not personal mettle but aligning oneself with the universal. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ In history an additional result is commonly produced by human actions beyond that which they aim at and obtain — that which they immediately recognize and desire. They gratify their own interest; but something further is thereby accomplished, latent in the actions in question, though not present to their consciousness, and not included in their design. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ In history an additional result is commonly produced by human actions beyond that which they aim at and obtain — that which they immediately recognize and desire. They gratify their own interest; but something further is thereby accomplished, latent in the actions in question, though not present to their consciousness, and not included in their design. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ When we walk the streets at night in safety, it does not strike us that this might be otherwise. This habit of feeling safe has become second nature, and we do not reflect on just how this is due solely to the working of special institutions. Commonplace thinking often has the impression that force holds the state together, but in fact its only bond is the fundamental sense of order which everybody possesses. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst many. The important thing here is not personal mettle but aligning oneself with the universal. ”

- Georg Hegel

“ Public opinion contains all kinds of falsity and truth, but it takes a great man to find the truth in it. The great man of the age is the one who can put into words the will of his age, tell his age what its will is, and accomplish it. What he does is the heart and the essence of his age, he actualizes his age… ”

- Georg Hegel

“ When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated. ”

- Georg Hegel
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