"The idea of an object is the idea of its effects, of what it will do, and of what will happen to it, under various conditions."

“Philosophy is the attempt to formulate principles or categories which the philosopher already possesses, in common with everyone else, but in an unformulated state.”

“The philosophy of Hegel shares two traits with the thought of the great moderns who preceded him: a conscious concern with method, and the application of method to the construction of a philosophical system. In these respects Hegel profited by the efforts of his predecessors, in that he saw clearly the great common danger of method and system; namely, that both have a tendency to narrowness.”

“The observer who follows, from a distance, events in contemporary Germany experiences above all a feeling of disbelief.”