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{{Adapted article}}{{Infobox philosopher|name=Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel|image=Hegel by Bürkner (cropped).jpg|nationality=German|alma_mater=University of Jena|school_tradition= | {{Adapted article}}{{Infobox philosopher|name=Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel|image=Hegel by Bürkner (cropped).jpg|nationality=German|alma_mater=University of Jena|school_tradition=Hegelianism|language=German|birth_place=Stuttgart, [[Germany]]|birth_date=27 August 1770|death_date=14 November 1831|death_place=Berlin}} | ||
'''Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel''' (27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was the most important German | '''Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel''' (27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was the most important German idealistic philosopher, especially important for his dialectical method, which he conceived of from an idealistic position, but which was mostly correct. | ||
Hegel was an objective idealist. According to him, the primary principle of reality is the absolute Idea, which first reveals itself in nature and then becomes spirit and knowledge. This becoming of the Idea comprises a logical-dialectical development of which real history is but the expression. Hence, according to Hegel, it is pure thought which creates the world and its history; the world is but the manifestation of the Idea. | Hegel was an objective idealist. According to him, the primary principle of reality is the absolute Idea, which first reveals itself in nature and then becomes spirit and knowledge. This becoming of the Idea comprises a logical-dialectical development of which real history is but the expression. Hence, according to Hegel, it is pure thought which creates the world and its history; the world is but the manifestation of the Idea. | ||
As [[Feuerbach]] demonstrated, this Idea is nothing but the | As [[Feuerbach]] demonstrated, this Idea is nothing but the Christian God in an abstract and logical wrapping. [[Karl Marx|Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels|Engels]] turned Hegel’s dialectics right side up and “set it back on its feet” by giving it a materialist content and thus converting it into a truly revolutionary theoretical weapon. | ||
== Works == | == Works == | ||
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## [[Lectures on Aesthetics]] | ## [[Lectures on Aesthetics]] | ||
[[Category:Philosophers]] | [[Category:Philosophers]] | ||
[[Category:German philosophers]] | [[Category:German philosophers]] | ||