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Hegel said that `truth` is subjective, thus rejecting the existence of any `truth` above or beyond human reason. All knowledge is human knowledge.

Jostein Gaarder

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Jostein Gaarder
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 8
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Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
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Oslo
Norway
Humans
Subjective
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Hegel
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