Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Quotes


When we walk the streets at night in safety, it does not strike us that this might be otherwise. This habit of feeling safe has become second nature, and we do not reflect on just how this is due solely to the working of special institutions. Commonplace thinking often has the impression that force holds the state together, but in fact its only bond is the fundamental sense of order which everybody possesses.


Citations

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. Elements of the Philosophy of Right. Translated by H.B. Nisbet, edited by Allen W. Wood, Cambridge University Press, 1991, p. 289.

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
  • Born: August 27, 1770
  • Died: November 14, 1831
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Philosopher

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.