An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think.

Quote by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything...

What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything...

The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far...

The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far...

(History) The progress of the consciousness of freedom

(History) The progress of the consciousness of freedom

I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation.

I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation.

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious...

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious...

Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble; a rabble is created only...

Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble; a rabble is created only...

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts...

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts...

Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come...

Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come...

World history is a court of judgment.

World history is a court of judgment.

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their...

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their...

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just...

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just...

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than...

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than...

Education is the art of making man ethical.

Education is the art of making man ethical.

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in...

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in...

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.