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  • NAME: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
  • OCCUPATION: Philosopher
  • BIRTH DATE: August 27, 1770
  • DEATH DATE: November 14, 1831
  • EDUCATION: University of Tübingen
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Stuttgart, Germany
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Berlin, Germany

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German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was one of the creators of German Idealism. He explored how contradictions ultimately integrated.

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born on August 27, 1770, in Stuttgart, Germany. He studied philosophy and classics at Tübingen. After graduation he became a tutor and explored theology. His first published success was Phänomenologie des Geistes in 1807. Hegel taught at Heidelberg and Berlin, publishing work and exploring philosophical and theological concepts. He died of cholera in 1831.

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