being too disconnected with our practical lives, and argued that its proponents failed to realize that thought is merely a tool for action rather than for making discoveries about an abstract world that fails to have any impact on us. 20th century Absolute idealism has greatly altered the philosophical landscape. Paradoxically, (though, from a Hegelian point of view, maybe not paradoxically at all) this influence is mostly felt in the strong opposition it engendered. Both logical positivism and Analytic philosophy grew out of a rebellion against Hegelianism prevalent in England during the 19th century. Continental phenomenology, existentialism and post-modernism also seek to 'free themselves from Hegel's thought'. Martin Heidegger, one of the leading figures of Continental philosophy in the 20th century, sought to distance himself from Hegel's work. One of Heidegger's philosophical themes was "overcoming metaphysics". See also Doctrine of internal relations Jena Romanticism Objective idealism Notes Further reading Hegel's Idealism – The Satisfactions of Self Consciousness (Pippin) Endings – Questions of Memory in Hegel and Heidegger (ed. McCumber, Comay) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel German idealism Idealism Metaphysical theories Hegelianism Neo-Spinozism