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Georg W. F. Hegel  

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  • The German scholar Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) revolutionized European philosophy, developing a comprehensive system that gathered together the major strands of the speculative tradition, especially Plato, Aristotle, Baruch Spinoza, and Immanuel Kant. His work has continued to exert a profound influence on writers and thinkers in many disciplines down to the present today. [Source: Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia; Hegel, Georg W. F.]

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