Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher who lived from 1770-1831. Hegel believes that history is progressive, in the course of time human beings great a greater understanding of the world. History is a succession of understanding the divine, nature, society, and beauty. Hegel thinks that the struggle of human beings from the beginning of history to understand or figure out the entire history of humans understanding is driven by the desire to …
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…being crucified, with homes on fire and people all around. Hegel's belief in progression makes it easier for artists to do their art because they are able to explore and do things, and to put things in their paintings that they were not able to put in their paintings in the past. Hegel has such a strong belief on progression, that he feels that anyone who would try to change that would be blocking spirituality.