Abstraktionen in der Wirklichkeit geltend machen, heißt Wirklichkeit zerstören." - Meaning and context.">
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To make abstractions hold in reality is to destroy reality.
• Vorlesungen über der Geschichte der Philosophie (herausgegeben von D. Karl Ludwig Michelet) Dritter Band. Berlin, 1836. Verlag von Dunder und humblot. (p. 553)
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Abstraktionen in der Wirklichkeit geltend machen, heißt Wirklichkeit zerstören.

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

What It Means

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• Vorlesungen über der Geschichte der Philosophie (herausgegeben von D. Karl Ludwig Michelet) Dritter Band. Berlin, 1836. Verlag von Dunder und humblot. (p. 553)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

About Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a German philosopher considered one of the most important figures in German idealism. He is one of the fundamental figures of Western philosophy, with his influence extending to the entire range of contemporary philosophical issues, from aesthetics to ontology to politics, both in the analytic and continental tradition.