# Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Beyond Good and Evil character guide

> Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel in Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hegel

**First appearance:** 0002-i-prejudices-of-philosophers

## Who they are

German idealist philosopher frequently critiqued.

## In the story

### [Chapter 204](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/211)

Grouped with Kant as a 'philosophical worker' who systematizes prevailing 'truths' rather than creating new values.

### [VIII: Peoples and Countries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/viii-peoples-and-countries)

Along with Schopenhauer and Goethe, presented as united in struggle against English 'mechanical stultification of the world.'

### [On German Depth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/244)

Referenced as the philosopher who systematized the riddles posed by the conflicting nature of the German soul.

### [252](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/252)

United with Schopenhauer and Goethe in struggling against the English 'mechanical stultification of the world'.

### [Chapter 254](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/254)

His influence is seen as exercising an 'almost tyrannical' effect through Hippolyte Taine, the first of living historians.

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