In the case of various kinds of knowledge, we find that what in former days occupied the energies of men of mature mental ability sinks to the level of information, exercises, and even pastimes for children; and in this educational progress we can see the history of the world's culture delineated in faint outline.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelIt is because the method of physics does not satisfy the comprehension that we have to go on further.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelHistory in general is therefore the development of Spirit in Time, as Nature is the development of the Idea is Space.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelThe history of the world is none other than the progress of the , consciousness of freedom.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel