Hegel's Biography - a partial cast of characters

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F. Hölderlin F.W.J. Schelling Hegel (by Hensel) Immanuel Kant J.G. Fichte K.L.Reinhold F.H. Jacobi J.F. Fries (Hegel's nemesis) Friederich Schlegel Susette Gontard (linked to Hölderlin) Susette Gontard (a bust) Hegel in Nuremberg Marie Hegel Eduard Gans (painting by Hensel) Eduard Gans (by Hensel) Heinrich Heine (by Hensel) Karl Varnhagen von Ense Rahel Levin Varnhagen Hegel lecturing in Berlin Hegel in his study F.W. Carové, Hegel's first choice of assistant in Berlin Victor Cousin F. Raumer J. Schulze, Hegel's neighbor, friend, editor of the Phenomenology C.F. Zelter, musician, Hegel's friend, teacher of Felix Mendelssohn The older F.W.J. Schelling Crawdad cartouche in Bamberg where Hegel edited proofs of the PhG Hegel's Death Mask Silhouette of Hegel while he was a student in Tübingen