Hegel at this time envisaged his future as that of a Popularphilosoph, i.e. a "man of letters" who serves to make the abstruse ideas of philosophers accessible to a wider public; his own felt need to engage critically with the central ideas of Kantianism did not come until 1800.
Hegel consideraba o seu futuro como o dun Popularphilosoph, isto é un home de letras que serve para facer accesíbeis a un amplo público as ideas abstrusas dos filósofos; a súa propia necesidade sentida de involucrarse criticamente coas ideas centrais do kantianismo non chegou ata 1800.