Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) was a German philosopher and a central figure of German idealism. His systematic works, including 'The Phenomenology of Spirit' and 'Science of Logic', developed a dialectical account of history, mind, and reality that profoundly influenced later philosophy, theology, and political thought. He held professorships at Heidelberg and Berlin, where he became the dominant philosopher of his era.
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Life events
Born into a middle-class family; his father was a revenue official in the ducal administration.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAttended the Protestant seminary in Tübingen, where his friends included Friedrich Hölderlin and Friedrich Schelling.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgJoined Schelling at Jena as an unsalaried lecturer, beginning his academic philosophical career.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCompleted his first major work in Jena as Napoleon's army occupied the city; it traced the development of consciousness toward absolute knowing.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHeaded a secondary school in Nuremberg for eight years while writing the Science of Logic.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMarried Marie Helena Susanna von Tucher of Nuremberg, with whom he had two sons.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis major work of speculative logic appeared in volumes between 1812 and 1816.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTook the chair formerly held by Fichte, becoming the most influential philosopher in Germany.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis major work of political philosophy set out his theory of the state, civil society, and freedom.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDied at age 61, reportedly of cholera, and was buried in the Dorotheenstadt cemetery near Fichte.
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