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G.W.F. Hegel: 2 ideas worth knowing

2 ideas from G.W.F. Hegel, each explained in a minute and credited to the original work. Free on Savvy.

• A fight to the death for recognition leaves the 'winner' dependent on the loser

  In a life-and-death struggle for recognition, one party submits to keep living and becomes the "slave," while the other becomes "master." But the master's sense of worth now depend…

  — G.W.F. Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit

• Hegel: philosophy always understands an age only after it's already over

  In the preface to 'Elements of the Philosophy of Right,' Hegel wrote that 'the owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of dusk,' meaning philosophy can only grasp a …

  — G.W.F. Hegel, Elements of the Philosophy of Right

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