'''Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel''' lived from 1770 to 1831. He was one of the greatest of the German idealist philosophers and was a disciple of [[Immanuel Kant]]. He insisted that revolution were essential to human desiny and that revolutionary leaders were heroes in promoting reform.
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'''Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel''' lived from 1770 to 1831. He was one of the greatest of the [[German]] idealist [[philosophers]] and was a disciple of [[Immanuel Kant]]. He insisted that [[revolution]] were essential to human destiny and that revolutionary leaders were heroes in promoting reform.
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Hegel's chief works were:
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* Phenomenology of the Mind (1807)
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* Philosophy of Right (1821)
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His most important follower was [[Karl Marx]]
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==Sources==
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The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989