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

“The history of the world is the world's court of judgment.”

G. W. F. Hegel

Philosophy of Right, §340, trans. S. W. Dyde (1896)

Portrait of G. W. F. Hegel

Hegel's transition from international relations to world history, echoing a line of Schiller's poem Resignation.

Citation: "The history of the world is the world's court of judgment." — G. W. F. Hegel, Philosophy of Right, §340, trans. S. W. Dyde (1896). (id hegel-philosophy-of-right-q8)

Portrait: Jakob Schlesinger - Hegel 1831, Jakob Schlesinger, Public domain.

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