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Hegelianism

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[hey-gey-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

What I have to say leads back through Hegelianism to the old Greek thinkers, and beyond them again to the wise men who lived and taught in the East ages before Jesus was born.

From The New Theology by Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John)

Caird wrote also an excellent study of Spinoza, in which he showed the latent Hegelianism of the great Jewish philosopher.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

Hegelianism was, in principle, the identity of contradictories, the identity of truth and error, of good and evil.

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

Herder was much attracted by Schelling’s early writings, but appears to have disliked Hegelianism because of the atheism it seemed to him to involve.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

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