 David Strauss, "In Defense of My 'Life of Jesus' Against the Hegelians", 1838), he was later accused of being a "Left Hegelian" because of his association, or rather his early leadership, of the Young Hegelians.Yet the labels of 'Left' and 'Right' were only placed on Bruno Bauer by others; never by himself.Bauer considered himself simply a Hegelian.