Hegel

[hey-guhl]

noun

1. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich 1770–1831, German philosopher.

Hegel

/ hɪˈɡeɪlɪən, ˈheɪɡəl, heɪˈɡiː- /

noun

1. 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)

Other Word Forms

• Hegelianism noun
• Hegelian adjective

Example Sentences

Randall name-checks philosophers — Hegel, Kant, Nietzsche, Plato, Marcus Aurelius — he misunderstands to his advantage and drops references to the Catiline Conspiracy and the Battle of Actium to make base actions sound important and dignified.

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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.”

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The conflict between right and wrong is far less compelling, as Hegel understood, than the collision of sides with competing claims to legitimacy.

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On his desk were books by Oscar Wilde and Hegel.

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According to Moyn, Popper's critique of Hegel and Marx "relied on the spottiest possible knowledge of their works."

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