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Quotation from Philosophy of Right by G. W. F. Hegel

“The state is the realized ethical idea or ethical spirit.”

G. W. F. Hegel

Philosophy of Right, §257, trans. S. W. Dyde (1896)

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The opening definition of the section on the state, which Hegel presents as the completion of ethical life.

Citation: "The state is the realized ethical idea or ethical spirit." — G. W. F. Hegel, Philosophy of Right, §257, trans. S. W. Dyde (1896). (id hegel-philosophy-of-right-q7)

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