Was vernünftig ist, das ist wirklich; und was wirklich ist, das ist vernünftig.

The above quote is a sentence that comes from Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's  "Elements of the Philosophy of Right" (German: "Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts"). In English, the quote translates to "What is reasonable is real; that which is real is reasonable." The book was published in 1820 and this particular quote of Objective Idealism was one of the most controversial philosophical propositions of its day. This quote is somewhat contentious today, principally because some believe that Hegel was making a normative claim for what is actually real: that what is real must be right. Of course, that is not always the case！

以上这句名言出自黑格尔 [1] 的名著《法哲学原理》（德语："Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts"）。黑格尔这句客观唯心主义（Objective Idealism）名言可翻译成 “合理的才是真实的；真实的才是合理的” 或 “存在即合理”。《法哲学原理》出版于1820年，然后这句话是当时最有争议的哲学命题之一。这句话迄今还有争议，主要是因为有些人认为黑格尔是在为真实的事物提出一个规范性的主张：真实的事物必须是正确的。当然，这并非总是如此！

[1] 格奥尔格·威廉·弗里德里希·黑格尔（德语：Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel，公元1770年8月27日—公元1831年11月14日），德国客观唯心主义哲学家。

Article by Tao Steven Zheng

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