It is a land of desire for all those who are weary of the historical arsenal of old Europe.

G.W.F. Hegel

On America.

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America America and Europe

Author

G.W.F. Hegel

Source

Lectures on the Philosophy of Wold History: Introduction

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Lecture

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Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1830 1830s 19th century

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Philosopher Writer

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Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Hegel, G. W. F. Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Weltgeschichte [Lectures on the Philosophy of World History]. c. 1830, University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Current Citation

Hegel, G. W. F. Lectures on the Philosophy of World History, translated by H. B. Nisbet. Cambridge University Press, 1981.

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Over all, rocks, wood, and water, brooded the spirit of repose, and the silent energy of nature stirred the soul to its inmost depths.

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The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.

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Time
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Paine, Thomas [published anonymously]. Common Sense. Philadelphia: R. Bell, 1776.

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Life teaches us to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Iphigenia in Tauris
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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Iphigenie auf Tauris [Iphigenia in Taurus]. 1779, Ducal private theater, Weimar, Germany, act 4, sc. 4.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Iphigenia in Tauris." Goethe: The Collected Works: Verse Plays and Epic, edited by Cyrus Hamlin and Frank Ryder. Vol. 8, Princeton University Press, 1995, act 4, sc. 4.