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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Quote of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - The courage of Truth, the belief...


Biography - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel:

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

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



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German
Der Mut der Wahrheit, der Glaube an die Macht des Geistes ist die erste Bedingung der Philosophie.

French
Le courage de la vérité, la foi en la puissance de l'esprit sont la première condition de la philosophie.




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Have courage to use your own reason!

Dare to be wise, begin!

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




Quotes for: philosophy


Quotes

Quotes about philosophy:


Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our mind by means of our language.





There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.






Poetry is related to philosophy as experience is related to empirical science.





To live without philosophizing is properly to have one's eyes closed and never attempt to open them.





To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher.





Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.











Quotes for: courage


Quotes

Quotes about courage:


The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.





I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.





Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.





Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.





It is better to trust in ability than in luck.





There is no happiness without courage, nor virtue without struggle.











Quotes for: truth


Quotes

Quotes for: truth


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





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





Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.





Love truth, but pardon error.





The language of truth is simple.





Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.











Quotes

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel also said...


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





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





...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.





Only by means of decisions does man enter reality.












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