Germanic peoples, n.All

Germanic peoples (n.) who ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠overran Rome were, in Hegel's story, pre-programmed for freedom: fiercely independent of authority, they had to learn to accept rational authority and a rational state.

The Germanic peoples (n.) live ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠by a principle of personality forced to produce out of its own resources, as its own, whatever is substantive — which is why they lyricize even epic matter.