We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest.

Quote by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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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...

Dialectics gives expression to a law which is felt in all grades of consciousness and...

Dialectics gives expression to a law which is felt in all grades of consciousness and...

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.

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

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

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...

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a...

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a...

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

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

(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.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

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...

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not...

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not...

The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of...

The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of...

World history is a court of judgment.

World history is a court of judgment.

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

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...

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion

Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.

Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.

The essence of poetry is will and passion.

The essence of poetry is will and passion.

Passion in all its forms is a mental thirst, a fever, a torturing unrest. As...

Passion in all its forms is a mental thirst, a fever, a torturing unrest. As...