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guysguy t1_iybq8tf wrote

Reply to comment by EvenHair4706 in Newly found transcripts from Hegel by EvenHair4706

And Schopenhauer invented the word "hegelei" to basically describe incredibly smart sounding bullshit. The word was then used by Nietzsche and others to describe the same thing. Still in use today, though not as much anymore.

I can’t find an English article but here’s the German wiki for it. Maybe readable with a translator.

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegelei

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gazongagizmo t1_iyc12nj wrote

In North-West Germany "Hegel" has become a slang insult, used sarcastically and non-maliciously.

"Was für ein Hegel!" (or in dialect, "Watt'n Hegel!") is said about someone to call them a sort of buffoon. "What a Hegel you are."

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