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Hegelianism

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[hay-gay-lee-uh-niz-uhm, hi-jee-] / heɪˈgeɪ li əˌnɪz əm, hɪˈdʒi- /

noun

  1. the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.


Etymology

Origin of Hegelianism

First recorded in 1855–60; Hegelian + -ism

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He was a Hegelian, seemingly unaware or uncaring that Hegelianism had been in philosophic disgrace for half a century.

From Time Magazine Archive

The “Mediation” school of Schleiermacher is replaced by a newer form, modified by Hegelianism in Dorner.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Adam Storey Farrar

By these works he became a recognized exponent of orthodox Hegelianism.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

Out of the union of Hegelianism and Positivism—the negation of absolute truth, and the disdain of metaphysics—was born a new historical criticism, which repudiated a priori the supernatural as false and impossible.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham

Meanwhile a nationalist and reactionary agitation, originating like its German analogue in the Hegelianism of a section of the lettered public, had manifested itself in Moscow.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

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