Life of Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born in 1770, in Stuttgart, Germany. He was part of the Tübingen seminary and had as classmates the poet Holderlin and the philosopher Schelling.
He taught Latin at the University of Heidelberg. At the University of Humcorsvick, he was a master of philosophy.
Hegel's theory of idealism
Hegel is the author of the theory of absolute idealism, a study that reflects on politics, religion, philosophy, psychology and art. He believes that contradictions and dialectics serve to form molds, which are present in the human mind, soul and ideals, and are also integral to politics and the formation of the State itself.
The social context of which Hegel was part becomes fundamental for understanding his work. Germany at that time was divided into two independent areas.
Therefore, in his work, the entity “State” becomes something fundamental in human life, with the State being the reflection of the realization of the absolute spirit.
Hegel, Marx and Kant share the same style of philosophy. His most successful work is called “Phenomenology of the Spirit”, published in 1806.
The book reveals consciousness formed into units, these units absorb the content of the world and, when together, find totality and the absolute.
Karl Marx used Hegel's reasoning to compose his theory, mainly in the content regarding materialism and economics.
He died in Berlin, Germany, in 1831.
