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The State is the absolute reality and the individual himself has objective existence, truth and morality only in his capacity as a member of the State.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Age: 61 †
Born: 1770
Born: August 27
Died: 1831
Died: November 14
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We learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.
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Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.
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Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.
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