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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit (1807), A. V. Miller translation (Oxford: 1977), § 80
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This conceit which understands how to belittle every truth, in order to turn back into itself and gloat over its own understanding, which knows how to dissolve every thought and always find the same barren Ego instead of any content—this is a satisfaction which we must leave to itself.

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel on Skepticism

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "This conceit which understands how to belittle every truth, in order to turn back into itself and gloat over its own understanding, which knows how to dissolve every thought and always find the same barren Ego instead of any content—this is a satisfaction which we must leave to itself." in the context of "Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit (1807), A. V. Miller translation (Oxford: 1977), § 80" 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.