格奧爾格·威廉·弗裏德裏希·黑格爾（Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel，1770年8月27日—1831年11月14日），德國哲學傢，齣生於今天德國西南部符騰堡州首府斯圖加特。18歲時，他進入圖賓根大學（符騰堡州的一所新教神學院）學習，在那裏，他與荷爾德林、謝林成為朋友，同時，為斯賓諾莎、康德、盧梭等人的著作和法國大革命深深吸引。1801年，30歲的黑格爾任教於耶拿大學，直到1829年，就任柏林大學校長。 1831年在德國柏林去世。

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