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“Reason is just as cunning as she is powerful. Her cunning consists principally in her mediating activity, which, by causing objects to act and re-act on each other in accordance with their own nature, in this way, without any direct interference in the process, carries out reason's intentions.”

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

German philosopher, one of the most important representatives of German classical philosophy. Hegel's philosophical system has had a profound impact on the world. Hegel believed that the task of philosophy is to reveal the absolute spirit, emphasizing the importance of reason, history, and dialectics. more

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