Friedrich Hegel

Philosopher German 1770 – 1831

Developed dialectical method; influential in philosophy of history.

390 quotes

"Money is crystallized labor and value."
Money
"Health is the foundation of all human endeavors."
Health
"Adventure awakens the dormant spirit within."
Adventure
"Imagination is the gateway to infinite possibility."
Imagination
"Literature mirrors the human condition."
Literature
"Politics is the stage where history unfolds."
Politics
"Solitude is necessary for the development of self."
Solitude
"Inspiration flows from depth of understanding."
Inspiration
"Relationships reveal our true nature to ourselves."
Relationships
"The infinite is the negation of finitude."
Philosophy
"Consciousness is the highest form of being."
Knowledge
"The particular contains the universal within itself."
Wisdom
"Contradiction is the engine of all development."
Change
"The abstract must be realized in the concrete."
Philosophy
"Being is becoming; becoming is being."
Life
"The dialectic reveals the unity of opposites."
Philosophy
"Spirit manifests itself through matter."
Faith
"The will is the driving force of history."
Motivation
"Alienation is the condition of modern labor."
Work
"The family is the ethical basis of society."
Family
"Civil society mediates between family and state."
Politics
"The universal is mediated through the particular."
Philosophy
"Reason realizes itself in history."
Wisdom
"The concept returns to itself through mediation."
Philosophy
"Absolute knowing is the end of history."
Knowledge
"The rational alone is real and lasting."
Truth
"Evil is the privation of the good."
Justice
"The self must negate itself to achieve freedom."
Freedom
"Spirit knows itself through its determinations."
Philosophy
"The idea unfolds through its moments."
Truth