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Hegel
[ hey-guhl ]
noun
- Ge·org Wil·helm Frie·drich [gey, -aw, r, k , vil, -helm , free, -d, r, i, kh], 1770–1831, German philosopher.
Hegel
/ hɪˈɡeɪlɪən; ˈheɪɡəl; heɪˈɡiː- /
noun
- Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich17701831MGermanPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (ɡeˈɔrk ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈfriːdrɪç). 1770–1831, German philosopher, who created a fundamentally influential system of thought. His view of man's mind as the highest expression of the Absolute is expounded in The Phenomenology of Mind (1807). He developed his concept of dialectic, in which the contradiction between a proposition (thesis) and its antithesis is resolved at a higher level of truth (synthesis), in Science of Logic (1812–16)
Derived Forms
- ˈˌ, noun
- Hegelian, adjective
Example Sentences
The lyrics are a pop-song paean to colonialism, reminiscent of Hegel’s 19th century thinking when he dismissed Africa as “unhistorical, undeveloped” and “devoid of morality, religions and political constitution.”
The conflict between right and wrong is far less compelling, as Hegel understood, than the collision of sides with competing claims to legitimacy.
On his desk were books by Oscar Wilde and Hegel.
According to Moyn, Popper's critique of Hegel and Marx "relied on the spottiest possible knowledge of their works."
"These findings provide rare insight into the clandestine cyber operations that traditionally remain concealed from public scrutiny or are simply never caught by such victims," Hegel said.
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