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Not curiosity, not vanity, not the consideration of expediency, not duty and conscientiousness, but an unquenchable, unhappy thirst that brooks no compromise leads us to truth.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Age: 61 †
Born: 1770
Born: August 27
Died: 1831
Died: November 14
Philosopher
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G. W. F. Hegel
Hegel
Unhappy
Expediency
Duty
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Truth
Thirst
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Vanity
Compromise
Curiosity
Unquenchable
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