Philosophy

The Owl of Minerva

Here’s a photo of me at home....

The Reverse of Dewing 1597

Coin minted in Athens ca. 449 BCE–420 BCE

and here’s a bit more information about me at the Perseus Project!

In his Philosophy of Right, G.W.F. Hegel wrote, “When philosophy paints its gray on gray, then has a form of life grown old, and with gray on gray it cannot be rejuvenated, but only known; the Owl of Minerva first takes flight with twilight closing in.” For Hegel, then, as for many others, the Owl of Minerva just is philosophy.

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Here’s a little something from, of all places, Wikipedia.