Quotes

“The only Thought which Philosophy brings with it to the contemplation of History, is the simple conception of Reason; that Reason is the Sovereign of the World; that the history of the world, therefore, presents us with a rational process.”

— Hegel

“When we look at the world rationally, the world looks rationally back.”

— Hegel

“The owl of Minerva begins its flight only with the coming of the dusk.”

— Hegel

“World history is a court of judgment”

— Hegel

“World history is a court of judgment”

— Hegel

“History in general is therefore the development of Spirit in Time, as Nature is the development of the Idea is Space.”

— Hegel

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

— 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.”

— 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”

— Hegel

“Education is the art of making man ethical”

— Hegel

“Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me. Câu nói này của Hegel khi được hỏi ai có thể hiểu ông, ông nói về”

— Hegel

“What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.”

— Hegel

“Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights”

— Hegel

“To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.”

— Hegel

“Nothing great in the world was accomplished without passion”

— Hegel