For man may not presume to stand in a direct relation to God; so that, as we said before, if he would apply to Him, he needs a mediator – a Saint.
 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 God need
Date 1837
Language English
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Note Translated by J. Sibree
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