Famous quotes containing the words friedrich, wilhelm and/or von:
“Regarding History as the slaughter-bench at which the happiness of peoples, the wisdom of States, and the virtue of individuals have been victimizedthe question involuntarily arisesto what principle, to what final aim these enormous sacrifices have been offered.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (17701831)
“The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (17701831)
“So as to comprehend that the sky is blue everywhere one doesnt need to travel around the world.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (17491832)