Hegel believed in the power of human reason to comprehend ultimate realities, which is different from Kant's view. He also used the process of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis to determine truth. Additionally, Hegel was an idealist who viewed the physical world as a limited or finite idea and believed that the mind was superior to the body. Therefore, option E is the correct answer as all the statements are true.

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Hegel (1770-1831)

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Hegel (1770-1831)

A) believed that ultimate realities that affected men should be within the realm of man's reason to comprehend them as opposed to the idea proposed by Kant that man has a finite or limited ability to reason and therefore cannot "know" ultimate reality.
B) had more faith in our ability to know things than Kant and other idealists did.
C) used (1) thesis, (2) antithesis, and (3) synthesis to determine truth.
D) is the consummate idealist who placed the physical or corporeal world as a limited or finite idea; Philosophically speaking, Hegel believes that the body is inferior to the mind.
E) All of the above.

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