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21796 | Man is God if he raises himself, by denying his nature and finitude [Hegel] |
Full Idea: Man is only God in so far as he negates the natural existence and finitude of his spirit and raises himself to God. | |
From: Georg W.F.Hegel (The Philosophy of History [1840], p.324), quoted by Stephen Houlgate - An Introduction to Hegel 10 'God' | |
A reaction: I suspect that it was ideas like this which motivated Nietzsche - denial of what we are, in the name of some idle daydream. I personally have no idea how to negate my natural existence or my finitude. |