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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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Biography - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel:

German philosopher.
Born: 1770 - Died: 1831
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

Not curiosity, not vanity, not the consideration of expediency, not duty and conscientiousness, but an unquenchable, unhappy thirst that brooks no compromise leads us to truth.



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Nicht die Neugierde, nicht die Eitelkeit, nicht die Betrachtung der Nützlichkeit, nicht die Pflicht und Gewissenhaftigkeit, sondern ein unauslöschlicher, unglücklicher Durst, der sich auf keinen Vergleich einlässt, führt uns zur Wahrheit.




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Quotes for: truth


To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.





Love truth, but pardon error.





Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.





The language of truth is simple.





Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.





Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.











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Quotes for: consciousness


Science without conscience is only ruin of the soul.





Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.





It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.





World history is the progress of the consciousness of freedom.





Consciousness is a link between what was and what will be; a bridge between the past and the future.





Like great works, deep feelings always mean more than they are conscious of saying.











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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel also said...


What experience and history teach is this — that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.





The Owl of Minerva begins her flight only at the coming of twilight.





The courage of Truth, the belief in the power of the spirit, is the first condition of philosophical study.





...that this fear of erring is really the error itself.





Among the special duties to others, the first is Truthfulness in speech and action.





Nothing great has ever been accomplished without passion.












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