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21979 | Wisdom emerges at the end of a process [Hegel] |
Full Idea: The Owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of dusk. | |
From: Georg W.F.Hegel (Elements of the Philosophy of Right [1821], Pref p.13), quoted by A.W. Moore - The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics 07.4 | |
A reaction: Hegel explains that this means that wisdom is the product of historical maturity, as the ideal emerges, and illuminates what is real. I think. |