Quote #33
Life has a value only when it has something valuable as its object.
More from Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel
- It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in providence, than to see their real import or value.
- Serious occupation is labor that has reference to some want.
- To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.
- It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: 'Is it true in and for itself?'
- Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.
- The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many.
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