Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher of the early 19th century, and one of the most influential thinkers in modern Western philosophy.
Hegel was born in Stuttgart and studied theology at the Tübinger Stift. He became a professor at the universities of Heidelberg and Berlin, becoming one of the dominant figures in German intellectual life.
- Phenomenology of Spirit (1807)
- Science of Logic (1812-1816)
- Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sciences (1817)