Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born 250 years ago on August 27, 1770 in Stuttgart, Germany. In his lifetime he was the most influential and prominent German philosopher. His continuing relevance is ...

Hegel’s analysis of humanity as stumbling from one horror to the next remains all too relevant. By Richard Bourke Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel has a claim to being the greatest philosopher of the ...

The listed Hegel House in the city center dates back to the 16th century. Today, the museum is much more than a memorial. It conveys to visitors not only the philosopher's biography but also his world ...

In 1952 the British don Isaiah Berlin delivered a series of radio lectures for the BBC titled “Freedom and Its Betrayal.” Each discussed a particular philosophical “enemy of human liberty.” Delivered ...

There has been much excitement at the discovery of a treasure trove of notes from the lectures of the great German idealist philosopher GWF Hegel. The several thousand pages date from Hegel’s time at ...

Is George Bush one of the Great Men of History? Sorry about all those capital letters. I’ve been reading Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, who has quite a thing for them. This year marks the 200th ...

At its peak in the eighteenth century, Jena in Germany may have had a higher concentration of geniuses than Renaissance Florence or ancient Athens—and plenty of drama.

VISI #142 celebrates South Africa’s Modernist architectural mavericks, dives into interior trends such as Retrofuturism, and ...

Because the contemporary art world is such a secular place, there hasn’t been much attention given to Warhol-the-Catholic, until now. Arthur Danto’s best-known essay, "The End of Art," continues to be ...