Georg Wilhem Fredrick Hegel was born in August 27, 1770, in southwest Germany, in a town called Stuttgart. His father was a civil servant in the department of finance. He had one sister and a brother. Throughout growing up and studying, he was known as "the old man" because of his strict study habits. However, he was not considered an exceptionally gifted student. Hegel received his Master of Philosophy degree in 1790 and then started to study for …showed first 75 words of 693 total…

…showed last 75 words of 693 total…which lift up the heart but leave reason unsatisfied, which edify, but raise no edifice." Hegel believed that everyone should speak the truth, in his or her own eyes. "'Everyone ought to speak the truth.' In this duty as expressed unconditionally, the condition will at once be admitted: if he knows the truth. The commandment, then, will now run: everyone ought to speak the truth at all times, according to his knowledge and conviction."