"Wer etwas Großes will, der muß sich, wie Goethe sagt, zu beschränken wissen. Wer dagegen alles will, der will in der Tat nichts und bringt es zu nichts. Es gibt eine Menge interessante Dinge in der Welt; spanische Poesie, Chemie, Politik, Musik, d. ist alles sehr interessant, und man kann es keinem übel nehmen, der sich dafür interessiert; um aber als ein Individuum in einer bestimmten Lage etwas zustande zu bringen, muß man sich an etwas Bestimmtes halten und seine Kraft nicht nach vielen Seiten hin zersplittern."
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Enzyklopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaften im Grundrisse, Werke in 20 Bänden, Suhrkamp Verlag, 1970, §80, Band 8, Seite 169
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
1770 – 1831
deutscher Philosoph
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