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Science and knowledge, especially that of philosophy, came from the Arabs into the West.
Lectures on the Philosophy of World History (1832)
Philosophy is by its nature something esoteric, neither made for the mob nor capable of being prepared for the mob.
Philosophy is that which grasps its own era in thought.
A philosophy without heart and a faith without intellect are abstractions from the true life of knowledge and faith.
Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences (1816)
To comprehend what is, is the task of philosophy: and what is is Reason.
Only one word more concerning the desire to teach the world what it ought to be. For such a purpose philosophy at least always comes too late.
Elements of the Philosophy of Right (1820)
Philosophy must indeed recognize the possibility that the people rise to it, but must not lower itself to the people.
What we call principle, aim, destiny, or the nature and idea of Spirit, is something merely general and abstract. Principle — Plan of Existence — Law — is a hidden, undeveloped essence, which as such — however true in itself — is not completely real.
Lectures on the Philosophy of History (1832)