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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought

19635	Hegel produced modern optimism; he failed to grasp that consciousness never progresses [Hegel, by Cioran]
	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.
	From: report of Georg W.F.Hegel (works [1812]) by E.M. Cioran - A Short History of Decay 5