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Quotation from Philosophy of Right by G. W. F. Hegel
“As for the individual, every one is a son of his time ; so philosophy also is its time apprehended in thoughts.”
Philosophy of Right, Author's Preface, trans. S. W. Dyde (1896)
Hegel denies that philosophy can leap beyond its own age to construct an ideal state, as a man cannot leap over his own shadow.
Citation: "As for the individual, every one is a son of his time ; so philosophy also is its time apprehended in thoughts." — G. W. F. Hegel, Philosophy of Right, Author's Preface, trans. S. W. Dyde (1896). (id hegel-philosophy-of-right-q2)
Portrait: Jakob Schlesinger - Hegel 1831, Jakob Schlesinger, Public domain.
