Bertrand Russell applied this method successfully to assess the value of Hegel’s philosophy:
When I was young, most teachers of philosophy in British and American universities were Hegelians, so that, until I read Hegel, I supposed there must be some truth to his system; I was cured, however, by discovering that everything he said on the philosophy of mathematics was plain nonsense.
Bertrand Russell applied this method successfully to assess the value of Hegel’s philosophy:
Unpopular essays, chap. 1