It is solely by risking life that freedom is obtained;... the individual who has not staked his or her life may, no doubt, be recognized as a Person; but he or she has not attained the truth of this recognition as an independent self-consciousness.


Phenomenology of Spirit (1806)

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Quotes

It is solely by risking life that freedom is obtained;... the individual who has not staked his or her life may, no doubt, be recognized as a Person; ...

It is solely by risking life that freedom is obtained;... the individual who has not staked his or her life may, no doubt, be recognized as a Person; ...

It is solely by risking life that freedom is obtained;... the individual who has not staked his or her life may, no doubt, be recognized as a Person; ...

It is solely by risking life that freedom is obtained;... the individual who has not staked his or her life may, no doubt, be recognized as a Person; ...