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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
absolute
reality where no doubt exists
Historicism
Historicism is an approach in the study of phenomena, particularly social and cultural practices, including ideas and beliefs, which emphasizes understanding these phenomena through the historical processes by which they developed. The concept is widely applied in fields such as philosophy, anthropology, and sociology.
absolute idealism
type of idealism in metaphysics
Owl of Athena
owl that traditionally represents or accompanies Athena
Young Hegelians
group of German intellectuals who reacted to and wrote about Hegel's ambiguous legacy
Sittlichkeit
Sittlichkeit () is the concept of "ethical life" or "ethical order" furthered by German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. It was first presented in his work Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) to refer to "ethical behavior grounded in custom and tradition and developed through habit and imitation in accordance with the objective laws of the community" and it was further developed in his work Elements of the Philosophy of Right (1820).
Aufheben
' () or ' () is a German word with several seemingly contradictory meanings, including "to lift up", "to abolish", "cancel" or "suspend", or "to sublate". The term has also been defined as "abolish", "preserve", and "transcend". In philosophy, is used by Hegel in his exposition of dialectics, and in this sense is translated mainly as "sublate".
Right Hegelians
followers of Hegel in the early 19th century who took his philosophy in a politically/religiously conservative direction (unlike the Young Hegelians)
Karl von Hegel
German medievalist and historian (1813-1901)
master–slave dialectic
passage of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit
Hegel House
museum in Germany
Hegel Prize
scholarly award
Jacques D'Hondt
French philosopher (1920–2012)
Hegel-Archiv
The Hegel Archive () was founded in 1958 by Otto Pöggeler in Bonn, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia to encourage historical-critical efforts to study the collected works of philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. In 1968 the Hegel-Archiv transferred from Bonn to Bochum, Germany.
The Internationale Hegel-Vereinigung
voluntary association