Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice.
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"Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice" is a well-known line quoted and reworked by Karl Marx in his 1852 political essay *The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte* to introduce his analysis of historical repetition and farce.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. Context triple: [The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, famousQuote, Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice.]
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Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History
"Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History" is a scholarly book by Susan Buck-Morss that reinterprets Hegel’s philosophy of history in light of the Haitian Revolution, arguing for the centrality of this Black Atlantic event to modern concepts of freedom and universality.
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On the Role of the Individual in History
"On the Role of the Individual in History" is a Marxist theoretical essay by Georgi Plekhanov that analyzes how personal agency and great individuals interact with broader social and economic forces in shaping historical development.
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The Concept of History
"The Concept of History" is a philosophical essay by Hannah Arendt that examines how modern understandings of history shape political thought, human action, and our sense of temporal experience.
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On Some Hegelisms
"On Some Hegelisms" is an essay by William James in which he critically examines and challenges key aspects of Hegelian philosophy from a pragmatist standpoint.
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Ideas for the Philosophy of History of Humanity
Ideas for the Philosophy of History of Humanity is Johann Gottfried Herder’s influential multi-volume work that presents a humanistic, culturally pluralistic account of world history and the development of human societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. Target entity description: "Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice" is a well-known line quoted and reworked by Karl Marx in his 1852 political essay *The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte* to introduce his analysis of historical repetition and farce.
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A.
Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History
"Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History" is a scholarly book by Susan Buck-Morss that reinterprets Hegel’s philosophy of history in light of the Haitian Revolution, arguing for the centrality of this Black Atlantic event to modern concepts of freedom and universality.
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B.
On the Role of the Individual in History
"On the Role of the Individual in History" is a Marxist theoretical essay by Georgi Plekhanov that analyzes how personal agency and great individuals interact with broader social and economic forces in shaping historical development.
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C.
The Concept of History
"The Concept of History" is a philosophical essay by Hannah Arendt that examines how modern understandings of history shape political thought, human action, and our sense of temporal experience.
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D.
On Some Hegelisms
"On Some Hegelisms" is an essay by William James in which he critically examines and challenges key aspects of Hegelian philosophy from a pragmatist standpoint.
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E.
Ideas for the Philosophy of History of Humanity
Ideas for the Philosophy of History of Humanity is Johann Gottfried Herder’s influential multi-volume work that presents a humanistic, culturally pluralistic account of world history and the development of human societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary motif
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philosophical remark ⓘ quotation ⓘ |
| author | Karl Marx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalStatus |
frequently cited passage
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well-known line ⓘ |
| discipline |
Marxist theory
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historiography ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | "the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce" ⓘ |
| functionInText | sets up contrast between tragedy and farce ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose sentence ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Second French Republic
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post-1848 European revolutions ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Hegelian philosophy of history NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interpretation | suggests patterns in world-historic events ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| medium | printed text ⓘ |
| oftenQuotedWith | "the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce" ⓘ |
| originallyAttributedTo | Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1852 ⓘ |
| quotationSource | opening section of "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte" ⓘ |
| reception |
subject of scholarly commentary
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widely anthologized in Marxist literature ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
dialectics
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historical materialism ⓘ world-historical individual ⓘ |
| thematicContext |
historical repetition
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philosophy of history ⓘ world history ⓘ |
| usedAs | introductory motif ⓘ |
| usedToIntroduce |
analysis of Louis Bonaparte
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analysis of the 1851 coup d'état in France ⓘ |
| workTypeContext | political essay ⓘ |
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Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice.
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