The Economic Times

Quote of the day by Hegel, The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk. Why Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel warned that We learn from history that we do not learn from history.

Quote of the Day by Hegel: More than 200 years after Hegel wrote it, the quote of the day by Hegel still explains modern history. Global data shows over 40 major wars since 1800, yet similar conflicts keep repeating. Hegels famous line We learn from history that we do not learn from history captures this pattern. His other insight, The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk, means wisdom comes late. Societies understand events only after they happen.