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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

German idealist philosopher frequently critiqued.

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Also known as Hegel

First appearance: i prejudices of philosophers

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel shows up with force in Chapter 204. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned as the target of Schopenhauer's rage, representing the historical sense and German culture that Schopenhauer rejected.

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Chapter 204
Mentioned as the target of Schopenhauer's rage, representing the historical sense and German culture that Schopenhauer rejected.
The Philosopher as Creator of Values
Grouped with Kant as a 'philosophical worker' who systematizes prevailing 'truths' rather than creating new values.
VIII: Peoples and Countries
Along with Schopenhauer and Goethe, presented as united in struggle against English 'mechanical stultification of the world.'
On German Depth
Referenced as the philosopher who systematized the riddles posed by the conflicting nature of the German soul.
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United with Schopenhauer and Goethe in struggling against the English 'mechanical stultification of the world'.
Chapter 254
His influence is seen as exercising an 'almost tyrannical' effect through Hippolyte Taine, the first of living historians.

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