As man could not appreciate Good, if Evil were not; and as he can be really good only when he has become acquainted with the contrary, so the Light does not exist without Darkness.
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of History (1837). copy citation

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Author Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Source Lectures on the Philosophy of History
Topic darkness contrary
Date 1837
Language English
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Note Translated by J. Sibree
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