young hegelians, n.Definitions

A Young Hegelians (n.) a ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠sheep who takes himself, and is taken, for a wolf.

The Young Hegelians (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠like a man who spends his whole life fighting the illusion of gravity while statistics bring him fresh news of the drowned.

Young Hegelians (n.) agree ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠with the Old Hegelians that ideas rule the world; one party merely calls the reign usurpation, the other calls it legitimate.

The Young Hegelians (n.) staged ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a philosophical revolution that was a trade war among retailers of a dead system, extolled to the public as an event beside which the French Revolution was child's play.