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HEGEL
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• HEGEL (noun)
The noun HEGEL has 1 sense:
1. German philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by Karl Marx (1770-1831)
Familiarity information: HEGEL used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
German philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by Karl Marx (1770-1831)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel; Hegel
Instance hypernyms:
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
Derivation:
Hegelian (of or relating to Hegel or his dialectic philosophy)
Context examples
The conversations were miles beyond Jo's comprehension, but she enjoyed it, though Kant and Hegel were unknown gods, the Subjective and Objective unintelligible terms, and the only thing 'evolved from her inner consciousness' was a bad headache after it was all over.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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