Historical FiguresPhilosopher, Professor
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
1770 - 1831
Idealist philosopher whose dialectical method shaped modern thought
Quick Facts
Born
1770
Died
1831
Profession
Philosopher, Professor
Nationality
German
Biography
Stuttgart‑born Hegel studied theology at Tübingen alongside Schelling and Hölderlin. His *Phenomenology of Spirit* (1807) traced consciousness evolving toward absolute knowing via thesis–antithesis–synthesis dialectic. Lectures in Heidelberg and Berlin systematised logic, nature and spirit, influencing Marx, Kierkegaard and continental philosophy. Hegel died during a cholera outbreak but his dialectics pervade social theory and historiography.
Historical Significance
Hegel's dialectics underpin Marxism, existentialism and critical theory, framing history as rational progress
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