Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich gāˈôrkh vĭlˈhĕlm frēˈdrĭkh hāˈgəl [key], 1770–1831, German philosopher, b. Stuttgart; son of a government clerk.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Influence
• Aesthetics and Religion
• Nature and the State
• The Hegelian Dialectic
• Life and Works
• Bibliography

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