Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel:

The great man of the age is the one who can put into words the will of his age, its meaning, and translate it into action.

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Modern

Dialectical philosophy

Context

Lectures on the Philosophy of History (Part III, The Roman World)

Date / Period

1830-1831 (published posthumously)

Source

https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/works/ph/phroma.htm

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