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Full Idea
Hegel is chiefly responsible for modern optimism. How could he have failed to see that consciousness changes only its forms and modalities, but never progresses.
Gist of Idea
Hegel produced modern optimism; he failed to grasp that consciousness never progresses
Source
report of Georg W.F.Hegel (works [1812]) by E.M. Cioran - A Short History of Decay 5
Book Ref
Cioran,E.M.: 'A Short History of Decay', ed/tr. Howard,Richard [Penguin 2010], p.150