"The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions"
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"The man whom philosophy leaves cold, and the man whom real faith does not illuminate, may be assured that the fault lies in them, not in knowledge and faith. The former is still an alien to philosophy, the latter an alien to faith."
― G.W.F.Hegel
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"Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it."
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"Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me"
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"Before the end of Time will be the end of History. Before the end of History will be the end of Art."
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"As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity."
― G.W.F.Hegel
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"The proofs of the existence of God are to such an extent fallen into discredit that they pass for something antiquated, belonging to days gone by."
― G.W.F.Hegel
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"Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions."
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"It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value."
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"No man is a hero to his valet. This is not because the hero is no hero, but because the valet is a valet."
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"The Catholics had been in the position of oppressors, and the Protestants of the oppressed."
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"A man who has work that suits him and a wife, whom he loves, has squared his accounts with life." ― G.W.F.Hegel |
"All that is real is reasonable, and all that is reasonable is real."
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"Reading the morning newspaper is the realist's morning prayer."
― G.W.F.Hegel
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"Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help."
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"War is progress, peace is stagnation."
― G.W.F.Hegel
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"The person must give himself an external sphere of freedom in order to have being as Idea."
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"To be aware of limitations is already to be beyond them."
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"Propounding peace and love without practical or institutional engagement is delusion, not virtue."
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