The True is the whole. But the whole is nothing other than the essence consummating itself through its development. Of the Absolute it must be said that it is essentially a result, that only in the end is it what it truly is; and that precisely in this consists its nature, viz. to be actual, subject, the spontaneous becoming of itself.


G.W.F Hegel: Theologian Of The Spirit (ed. 1997)

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Quotes

The True is the whole. But the whole is nothing other than the essence consummating itself through its development. Of the Absolute it must be said...

The True is the whole. But the whole is nothing other than the essence consummating itself through its development. Of the Absolute it must be said...

The True is the whole. But the whole is nothing other than the essence consummating itself through its development. Of the Absolute it must be said...

The True is the whole. But the whole is nothing other than the essence consummating itself through its development. Of the Absolute it must be said...