Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   In which German city was the philosopher Hegel born in 1770?

   Answer: Stuttgart

   Why: His birthplace in Stuttgart is preserved today as a museum dedicated to his life and philosophy.

2. 2 Medium

   What country was philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel from?

   Answer: Germany

   Why: Hegel was born in Stuttgart in 1770, when Württemberg was its own duchy; a unified Germany arrived only in 1871, forty years after his death.

3. 3 Hard

   What was the usual punishment at Hegel's Tübingen seminary?

   Answer: forfeit wine

   Why: In 1791 Hegel himself spent a few hours in the Stift's student jail for riding to a nearby village without permission and returning too late.

4. 4 Easy

   In which language did Hegel write his major philosophical books?

   Answer: German

   Why: Hegel's 1801 Jena habilitation thesis on planetary orbits appeared in Latin, yet every major book from the 1807 Phenomenology on was German.

5. 5 Medium

   What kind of idealism did Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel create?

   Answer: absolute idealism

   Why: Hegel's absolute idealism is monistic: one Absolute Spirit unfolds itself as history, covering all natural and social phenomena.

6. 6 Hard

   What three parts make up Hegel's Encyclopaedia?

   Answer: Logic, Nature, and Spirit

   Why: Hegel published the Encyclopaedia in Heidelberg in 1817 as a textbook for his lecture audience, then revised it in 1827 and 1830.