Hegel Quotes

At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.

Berkeley , Hume, Kant , Fichte , Hegel , James , Bergson all are united in one earnest attempt, the attempt to reinstate man with his high spiritual claims in a place of importance in the cosmic scheme.

Hegel was the first to state correctly the relation between freedom and necessity. To him, freedom is the insight into necessity.

Hegel said that `truth` is subjective, thus rejecting the existence of any `truth` above or beyond human reason. All knowledge is human knowledge.

To shoot a man because one disagrees with his interpretation of Darwin or Hegel is a sinister tribute to the supremacy of ideas in human affairs -- but a tribute nevertheless.

Georg Hegel viewed the "great men" as instruments of something far greater. Hegel believes that an individual can indeed embody the zeitgeist for a moment, but also that the individual isn't always clear they are doing so.

There is more to be learnt from every page of David Hume than from the collected philosophical works of Hegel, Herbart, and Schleiermacher are taken together.

Kant and Hegel are interesting thinkers. But I am happy to insist that they are also terrible writers.

As Hegel well knew, the ascent of reason has never followed a straight line.

Fichte is a necessary step to both Hegel and Marx.

Hegel remains of great importance to understand ourselves, but essentially because we have all grown out of a reaction against Hegel.

Think of me as an impetuous Hegel, drunk with power, and also, regular drunk.

I'm so smart, I read and understand Hegel

To a society that inarticulately and thoughtlessly takes itself to be divine, Hegel says, Yes, we are indeed divine, and philosophy can show how this is both possible and necessary.

Hegel says that Truth is a great word and the thing is greater still. With Dave we never seemed to get past the word.

Hegel's theory of recognition is basically derived from Fichte, who is its real author.