According to Hegel:

A. War is not to be regarded as an evil but a virtue.

B. War effectively displays the "irony of the divine idea".

C. War destroys the selfish egoism of the individual.

D. 'The State of War', "shows the omnipotence of the state in its individuality".

E. Humanity never needed war and the gun is a chance of invention.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Answer 1

Friedrich Hegel is regarded as one of the key protagonists in German idealism.

Key Points

According to Hegel, state is self-preservation and perfection.
For Hegel, “peace corrupts and everlasting peace corrupts everlastingly.”
Hegel says, “ The state of war shows the omnipotence of the state in its individuality.”
Furthermore, War effectively displays the irony of the divine idea.
He says War destroys the selfish egoism of the individual.
According to Hegel, “Guns and gun power bear the stamp of civilization."

Therefore, the correct answer from the options are D, C, B and A only.

Additional Information

Works of Hegel:
- The Phenomenology of Spirit 1807
- Science of Logic 1812
- Encyclopaedia of Philosophical Sciences 1817
- The Philosophy of Right, or Natural Law and Political Science in Outline 1820