[lit-ideas] The Last Day of an Idealist
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 07:20:04 EDT
JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx saw the debaate and writes:
God I'm tired. How old do you have to be for
idealism to be killed entirely?
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Well, George H. W. Hegel died on Nov. 14, 1831, and he was 97 -- and still
an idealist. The last day of his life is warmly recorded by his pupil,
Schopenhauer, in _The world as will and representation_. On his deathbed, Hegel
pronounced the ultimate credo of optimism (in German -- Henninge may quote it,
"Optimismus durch Tat Idealismus nicht Tod wurden, immer ich immer immer
Optimist sein willen und wurd willen").
Cheers,
JL
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