Full Idea
The History of the World is none other than than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.
Gist of Idea
History is the progress of the consciousness of freedom
Source
Georg W.F.Hegel (Phenomenology of Spirit [1807]), quoted by Peter Singer - Marx 2
Book Reference
Singer,Peter: 'Marx' [OUP 1996], p.13
A Reaction
[no ref given] Presumably there is an evolutionary view implicit in this. Presumably also later generations are hereby superior to previous generations. Since no one still has this view of history, does that invalidate Hegel?