Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Quote

It is easier to perceive the shortcomings of individuals, states, and the course of world affairs than to understand their true impact.


Lectures on the Philosophy of World History: Introduction (1830, translated by H. B. Nisbet, 1975)


It is easier to perceive the shortcomings of individuals, states, and the course of world affairs than to understand their true impact.

It is easier to perceive the shortcomings of individuals, states, and the course of world affairs than to understand their true impact.

It is easier to perceive the shortcomings of individuals, states, and the course of world affairs than to understand their true impact.

It is easier to perceive the shortcomings of individuals, states, and the course of world affairs than to understand their true impact.