Old Hegelians
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The Old Hegelians were a conservative group of 19th-century German philosophers who interpreted Hegel’s ideas in support of the existing Prussian state, traditional religion, and established social order.
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| Old Hegelians canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Hegelians Context triple: [Young Hegelians, opposedTo, Old Hegelians]
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Young Hegelians
The Young Hegelians were a group of 19th-century German philosophers and intellectuals who radicalized Hegel’s ideas to critique religion, politics, and society, influencing later socialist and materialist thought.
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The Young Hegel
The Young Hegel is a major philosophical study by György Lukács that interprets the early development of Hegel’s thought within its historical and socio-political context.
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Neo-Kantianism
Neo-Kantianism is a late 19th- and early 20th-century philosophical movement that revived and reinterpreted Immanuel Kant’s critical philosophy, emphasizing the role of a priori concepts and the conditions of knowledge in science, ethics, and culture.
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G. W. F. Hegel
G. W. F. Hegel was a German idealist philosopher whose dialectical method and comprehensive system of absolute idealism profoundly influenced 19th- and 20th-century philosophy, politics, and theology.
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Karl Hegel
Karl Hegel was a German historian and archivist, best known for his scholarly work on medieval and early modern German history and as the son of philosopher G. W. F. Hegel.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Hegelians Target entity description: The Old Hegelians were a conservative group of 19th-century German philosophers who interpreted Hegel’s ideas in support of the existing Prussian state, traditional religion, and established social order.
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A.
Young Hegelians
The Young Hegelians were a group of 19th-century German philosophers and intellectuals who radicalized Hegel’s ideas to critique religion, politics, and society, influencing later socialist and materialist thought.
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B.
The Young Hegel
The Young Hegel is a major philosophical study by György Lukács that interprets the early development of Hegel’s thought within its historical and socio-political context.
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C.
Neo-Kantianism
Neo-Kantianism is a late 19th- and early 20th-century philosophical movement that revived and reinterpreted Immanuel Kant’s critical philosophy, emphasizing the role of a priori concepts and the conditions of knowledge in science, ethics, and culture.
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D.
G. W. F. Hegel
G. W. F. Hegel was a German idealist philosopher whose dialectical method and comprehensive system of absolute idealism profoundly influenced 19th- and 20th-century philosophy, politics, and theology.
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Karl Hegel
Karl Hegel was a German historian and archivist, best known for his scholarly work on medieval and early modern German history and as the son of philosopher G. W. F. Hegel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hegelian school
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conservative intellectual current ⓘ philosophical movement ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
defend Christian doctrine through Hegelian concepts
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justify existing political institutions using Hegelian philosophy ⓘ |
| characteristicFeature |
emphasis on reconciliation with reality
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loyalty to existing institutions ⓘ political conservatism ⓘ theological conservatism ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Young Hegelians
NERFINISHED
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radical Hegelianism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| emergedAfter | death of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
philosophy
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philosophy of religion ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Eduard Gans
NERFINISHED
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Friedrich Julius Stahl NERFINISHED ⓘ Heinrich Leo NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Philipp Gabler NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Friedrich Göschel NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Ludwig Michelet NERFINISHED ⓘ Philipp Konrad Marheineke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Restoration era in Germany
NERFINISHED
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post-Napoleonic Prussia ⓘ |
| ideologicalOrientation | conservatism ⓘ |
| influenced |
conservative Protestant theology in 19th-century Germany
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conservative political thought in Prussia ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intellectualRole | academic defenders of the Prussian establishment ⓘ |
| interpretedWorkOf | Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | 19th century ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Left Hegelians
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Young Hegelians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | German idealism ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | right-wing Hegelianism ⓘ |
| region | Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
Prussian state
NERFINISHED
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established social order ⓘ traditional religion ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
Hegelian dialectic
NERFINISHED
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Hegelian philosophy of history ⓘ Hegelian philosophy of right NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewOnReform | preference for gradual or minimal change ⓘ |
| viewOnReligion | defense of Protestant orthodoxy ⓘ |
| viewOnState | affirmation of existing Prussian monarchy ⓘ |
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