Hegel

[ hey-guh l ]

/ ˈheɪ gəl /

noun

Ge·org Wil·helm Frie·drich

[gey-awrk vil-helm free-drikh] /ˈgeɪ ɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈfri drɪx/, 1770–1831, German philosopher.

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Examples from the Web for hegel

It used to be that when intellectuals heard the word “derivative,” they thought about what Marx took from Hegel.
The Intellectual Crash of 2009|Lee Siegel|March 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST
An old joke went that only two people in history understood Hegel, and even they misunderstood him.
The Intellectual Crash of 2009|Lee Siegel|March 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST
There is a saying of Hegel's, frequently quoted, that "a great man condemns the world to the task of explaining him."
Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher|Henry Jones
Patriots in all nations were encouraged; and the Swiss cantons became more democratic; but Hegel was frightened to death.
Liberty In The Nineteenth Century|Frederic May Holland

Under his influence Serov began to take an interest in modern German philosophy and particularly in the doctrines of Hegel.
The Russian Opera|Rosa Newmarch
Hegel was the first man to make a proper explanation of the relations of freedom and necessity.
Landmarks of Scientific Socialism|Friedrich Engels
In the first place Hegel says that "sensation is the specific differentiation, the distinguishing mark of the animal."
Landmarks of Scientific Socialism|Friedrich Engels

British Dictionary definitions for hegel

Hegel

/ (ˈheɪɡəl) /

noun

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

Hegelian (hɪˈɡeɪlɪən, heɪˈɡiː-), adjectiveHegelianism, noun

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