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Merold Westphal - Hegel's ... deepest objections to...
Hegel's ... deepest objections to the view of knowledge as method and power, as "controlling knowledge” (Scheler, Tillich) or "the logic of domination” (Marcuse), are moral. He agrees with Schiller that "utility is the great idol of the times.”. (Merold Westphal)

Hegel's ... deepest objections to the view of knowledge as method and power, as "controlling knowledge” (Scheler, Tillich) or "the logic of domination” (Marcuse), are moral. He agrees with Schiller that "utility is the great idol of the times.”.

Merold Westphal

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