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No man is a hero to his valet. This is not because the hero is no hero, but because the valet is a valet.
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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Every idea, extended into infinity, becomes its own opposite.
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Science and knowledge, especially that of philosophy, came from the Arabs into the West.
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