Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Quotes
In everything finite there are accidental elements.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 1770-1831, German Philosopher, Quoted in G. V. Plekhanov, The Role of the Individual in History
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While this was certainly true in Ancient times, modernity has given us Public Health and other techniques that now enable us to prevent accidents. Automobile safety from seat belts and air bags are good examples. From a political point of view, however, accidents can and often do control the political landscape as in the unexpected death of a national leader. Often natural disasters are included in the general term “accidents” where the meaning is taken as that which is beyond human control.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher and is considered one of the most important figures in German idealism. He is also considered one of the fundamental figures of modern 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.
