It is solely by risking life that freedom is obtained; . . . the individual who has not staked his or her life may, no doubt, be recognized as a Person; but he or she has not attained the truth of this recognition as an independent self-consciousness.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAbout author
- Author's profession: Philosopher
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: August 27, 1770
- Died: November 14, 1831
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