Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel – Biographical information from Henze-Digital

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Portrait (1831) by Jakob Schlesinger (Source: Wikimedia)

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August 27, 1770 in Stuttgart
†

November 14, 1831 in Berlin
Philosoph

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Portrait (1831) by Jakob Schlesinger (Source: Wikimedia)

The birthplace of Hegel in Stuttgart, which now houses the Hegel Museum (Source: Wikimedia)

Hegel, Schelling, and Hölderlin are believed to have shared the room on the second floor above the entrance doorway while studying at this institute – (a Protestant seminary called "the Tübinger Stift"). (Source: Wikimedia)

The poet Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843) was one of Hegel's closest friends and roommates at Tübinger Stift. (Source: Wikimedia)

While at Jena, Hegel helped found a philosophical journal with his friend from Seminary, the young philosophical prodigy Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling. (Source: Wikimedia)

"Hegel and Napoleon in Jena" (illustration from Harper's Magazine, 1895), an imaginary meeting that became proverbial due to Hegel's notable use of Weltseele ("world-soul") in reference to Napoleon ("the world-soul on horseback", die Weltseele zu Pferde) (Source: Wikimedia)

Hegel's friend Friedrich Immanuel Niethammer (1766–1848) financially supported Hegel and used his political influence to help him obtain multiple positions. (Source: Wikimedia)

Hegel's tombstone in Berlin (Source: Wikimedia)

Aristotle (384–322 BCE) and the ancient Greeks were a major influence. (Source: Wikimedia)

The critical philosophy of Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) was a major influence on Hegel. (Source: Wikimedia)

Title page of the original 1807 edition (Source: Wikimedia)

Hegel uses the Owl of Minerva as a metaphor for how philosophy can understand historical conditions only after they occur. (Source: Wikimedia)

Priestess of Delphi (1891) by John Collier. The Delphic imperative to "know thyself" governs Hegel's entire philosophy of spirit. (Source: Wikimedia)

King Frederick William III of Prussia (1797–1840) stifled the political reforms for which Hegel had hoped and advocated.[178] (Source: Wikimedia)

Hegel with his Berlin students(1828 sketch by F. T. Kugler) (Source: Wikimedia)

The ancient Athenian, according to Hegel, apprehends the meaning of Athena Parthenos directly as his own rational essence.[210] (The Varvakeion Athena, National Archaeological Museum of Athens) (Source: Wikimedia)

Martin Luther (1483–1546), who would not likely have recognized Hegel's claim to share his theology (Source: Wikimedia)

Karl Marx (1818–1883) (Source: Wikimedia)

Richard J. Bernstein (1932–2022), known for his work on Hegel and American Pragmatism (Source: Wikimedia)

Bildnis des Georg Wilh. Friedr. Hegel, 1805/1850 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis des G. W. F. Hegel, Sichling, Lazarus Gottlieb - 1827/1863 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis des Hegel, Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen (zugeschrieben) - 1801/1840 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis des Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Bollinger, Friedrich Wilhelm - 1801/1825 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Gruppenbildnis des Wilhelm von Humboldt, des Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, des Alexander von Humboldt, des Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, des Carl Ritter, des August Neander und des Friedrich Schleiermacher, Julius Schoppe (der Ältere) - um 1830 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen - (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Julius Ludwig Sebbers - (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Julius Ludwig Sebbers - (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Gruppenbildnis mit Wilhelm v. Humboldt, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (Das Gelehrte Berlin I.), Julius Schoppe (der Ältere) - 1810/1868 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Bildnis des G. W. F. Hegel, Lazarus Gottlieb Sichling - um 1850 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

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