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:\cation B - THE SCIE;ICJ;: OF' LO·:liC, 0:- Attitudes to Objoct!vity 20

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--.:.·-llocnua& th ... trnn~forution o£ re:U.ity is centrnl to tbe Uc;;ollan

~.) dinlectio, llosaliu pbilosoph.y colll<Js· to lifo, ovor and over ag<.in, in all . ~-:.: .. - .:.: .1 ,'(·;-:'.~·.-:~--~·-·: _; :: ·_,- - • -·: •• _' • ; ••

: '' :, ;~: ;pert.Cid~. c~.;cr.!.ds ·aild:.:.trAnsitioncllhdn a nov turnJ.ne P,Oint is renched, tho ~· '-i1. ::--/i-, _ _.: /'-r; ---~ :·: __ ·_(~ ::.-)··::.~·;,._'._;:.. . . -·_ . ::::-~-t~t-:· ... ·' . -. ' . . c·}. (. '.c·ii/:oa.t.\bl:!J!hixl. '!.~eiety i~ <1111; up by itKroota, and a toundD.tion is laid for a ·!.

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'';:·''··"' .. }!~~ . .i%i:~:..i,i(;,.d'(;r;· cHoii••l'{blntoelr(Uvnd at just such 11 historic turning (. -._f:;.:•,:::·." -.. \· ">;IL.ridt·-~~--i: -~ ·.- .~-~--~·- :_~ ... -__ - __ ' .. JP.,:!..'lt.,(:'lirii!ar,the impact of tluJ Groot French Rovolution, eroatild his I • . ::::.:-- ~~--;-- :-::_-,·;;~:~: ;·<':.:~~-,:~: ;.-._. ~~--:. . :_._ ·• . .- '. ' .:·~:: .-

· __ ? . .-: .. : .... _.ph~.lo~~-ophy_r<-: ~~n: liv~. in !ln-~ttmr po"'ioct ?!' ::1•!:;:i;:;,, cr p1~ol"f:Ar-lan rc':ol~.~.t· .1 •

r: ; .;;;;~~ ;~;;,;: ~1/i~~lly now philcoopi;; of liberAtion, of Historic · .-. . ,·. - ., •. ,., t,o);)., . . •

. . . . M.Otc~iai!:j,")~~. "~ thoroughgoing Na.tUralism or HllJll3n1n:nCwhic;.iil dist.in;;uishos r,

· ·· itll.el:f·:b".hh .fr~,. ic!.osliam and mator.tnlicm; nnd· is, at. tho sa.ma tim" tho · · : · .·'·*: ._- - - -::.!v.)ArV .:· ·, ....... _ .... _ · ·-. -- u...'a.A ---p'-.e-v . .-v\.:l...to4'l

. tr11th llnit.ing both•~-/\ in the pl"~~i~ ~ th& p!'olotariat a'S woll •• in Ha;iel's ''

dial.actio. I.~nin, at th" outbx-G<\k of ·w~rld i·/~r 1 and th~ coll~pso of . : ·. ·

~bliahr.d l~nrxiom, · alsc. felt the compulsion to return directly to the . ''J

l!ogolinn dial~etic ao he ~cnrch<ld for a concreto univors<ll to l>i16rge f!"o;J

ne~ maso actiona. .. 1/o such philosophic ro-w.llmination emorgild oi thor from within · .

oohbl1shnd CoJ:U'Iunicm, or by ito :~ost fal'lous critic, Loon Xrotsky, at tho·

timo:-tho H1Uor..Stnlin Pact helped not off tho holocauat for which Hitlor '··;

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.!wl .1on,z :WO>•l<.x~:.~?.b· ;k>rlr.! 'tk.r II and it.• aftot•mtlt d1d, howovur, p!'oduco ··

& l'e~irth of s.tudi~~ 'Of lloaol tltot uont hanl in rn.m with a r<diacovory ot ·

J-:arx•s· &Johll'"l!.c ... Ph1lo!'lonhlc t-~t1Usc-r1ntn, 181~. ~hich rovoal.od that Mnrx•s

cr!.tl.quo .or tho .roeclinn dialootic wao, At tho sa:oo tl.mo, a critique of

"vill;;ar ·eo::s;.J.l!lim:t" ~s· ~ baing "tho' 1;0al of hu:nan devolcp111ont, tho form nf

hw ... n soo,i&t)f. 11 (l):.l'ho pcot1<Jtr throo-cornored dobato botwoon Comuninto and

tho now phllocophOJ"ll .,... Sa,l'trOM E><iotentialic ts and Cathollc IIU111441.Dts -IJ,)f). '> • ~ cont'in<d t<> debating ltollo tar ro:noved from tho ongoing 01as11 stru:;e;leo.

· &-:1atontW:iz:. .. dH. b:'.alc nov .wowd in .dillcerl)l.n!: anciB~~.,:~t~f ~~J~~.". coMeetion betwen ide~U.i~t and matcrillliot dinlectics. ,..:.1ut-tb~rr.-

, ·/,-, /:... ·~~·~t!J]iootual and1·tbtt woi-kor ,-:/noVor did. ttoet imt11 a nOll turning point ·..... .. .. ·.· .... ·iiJ..IAW . . . . . • . . . . .

:· '''in•.hiiltor.Y)~,.. ii'Uvc:nont r;o:n p".eatico,·~ o:~~orged foUC!:d.ng the doath of ·. . '. , __ , ..

. St.llin, en the 'ono luir.!, ar.:i tho FA.ot. Gorman fievol.t ·in 1953, on tho othor,

.:.Undor tho ,.,pact of: tldo 'kbrker6 1 revolt., the East ~opoan

· itiiuJ.i.;;o~ua.lS b~.-n t0·1~~;t1.so tlu-.·_':iUt>Stion: oi nthe young.?iurxrf. E..v t..~u ti~e

or thcdlungarian tlevo1ut1on in 1956; 'tho llwMnis01 of Xnrxioet and tho ilt•;olia.~ • . I • ' c-·;·...- j'.•~rl 1.1 ,11 .. ".,4.$. .

. dial<.ctics 1lOl'o b'ought _to-tlu.-front eent<>r of tho hiotorie otngo, ":6~-hu.&-. , .

z·o::al!iod thoro "var -oinco, ac tho z•ovolto in Eaot 1!!!l, ;·lost ~ope 1n ·tho

:lprirtJ or 1968 ahc.,od. 11or U<S the revolutionary awnkonint~ in tho l960 1n

l!mi tel to Ew·~po. Cn tho contr&'y, tho .African .<evolutions sir;nallod tho

birt~ c! a noll, Third !~orld. E.Von US intellectuals >r!to, through t.'lo

1-!c!.:.<rth,rito l950 1s, h&.d lw;uriatod in the Dll}lhor!.a pf tho illusion of "tho

cn1 or id~lOiJY11 o 1«ll'O rudely 111<akon"'J by tho aimultannoua nppoarancos in

1960, "th<' .Urick YOA':':' of this now Third Uorld and tho black revolution __..... ;".'.•;~ ::,~ .::!..•

vitbin tho \Jn!.t.ro :;t:ttos. thnt~hol.p«l produco, by tho lllid-196<> 1 o, a wholo now '; .J

(l) !-!AT'"'.< 1 ,·r~t'!.-:,1•' nf t'-!n ~!n·~~11nn Cinl(jt:tic. I ha.pp'Jn to M.vo bonn the fir::t to trilmrlr.~.tu. into :.:r:,--:liuh tho now·ttt."'::ouG ?;2..or..,·,t~ .. r-ntlc .. ~!!l~!.~!. ,.,,.tur.~d.nt!~, 'l'~!;'.l., nr¥1 -1\;:'1 C!Uot1n., fro::t it (Ap;>endi":,/;.:~r·~::\_:, ~ r.:·,•! ; ~ ••• ,. ··~, 195B c•Jit!.o.,. p. },;7).; :iinco thrm, 1:ancy tranalntion:J ho.vo;a~;;r:-;;;;c,-T;IGTie~·.:rAphy for 11 listinc.

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eom>ra~ion ~~ rnvolut1onadoo, 'llbita ~o .wall.RO Blo.c}c, who roi'usod to i':\-'"1' .. -

:nopano.to :tha.!.W!"olin~ 'f>f lil,l.ona,t1on in· tho iva,-y to'IIOrs or oduoat1ort,rram

thoir op:><>c1t1cm bu:eh ~:<> .rac.I.Dll am tbo·Un1tad statoo.l.J;!pori&l1ot war in ., ·'

V1ot.lwl. In a \<Ord, tho IOOVOOiont· 1'~0111 pt•aoUco - whotbor it 11110 :ln tho !ore . . ' ' .

of <>Utrillht rav;,intl.ono 1n EMit Europa, 1n Cubll, in .Africll, or miavod ro

vo"htians ae in Pu1o ··or Cuuhoolovakia, -or more .rovolts .. in Japan and in tho

llnitod st&tao -· rotuo.xl to ba stlll.xl either in prO:et10o or 1n t.'11J01"Y'• . .. . . 11··1 It 1a truoJ~hl<t. ospoolAlly ln tho 11n1tod Statos,,ltbo no'll aeadO!!!l.o

rcrii-:&1 or lle3ol, ro:~~&1ns ""''lela apart !rot~ tbo second rodioco•OI'l' of tlllrx's

' · .. ) -- ·- - .. ; . ' . ~.nist ess&yo~.- it is true t.'ult e~~~pi>'ic1alllis oo into:!l'al to tho

;. :.··J.;;. :);·:~tiiz,i;:~:~o,o\n:;la-:l~~n.\mrld, "part or ito vary orgo.nism, tb~t avon tho .-.• .. . . ·. :··:-/-:·.· ':~ ·.,> ·- .. ' ·-·

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'i:.-mlutioiW'f.1'0Uth.•who 'llioh to uproot tho co.p1tolint1e syotom, 'llho. ho.va . . ' .. ·. ·-·

.. ;: boa~~~ o.wa~o ot th.,.9alveo 11.0 ,·ovo"lutionarios thl:'ough rolating ttl"'-'" !oel'-"6

'··or" lll1onation' if, aoad<l!'lia to Harx' o tboory of cl!'n• alion&t1on, etlll soparato ' .. -.·

\r~t 1'-J.;;to:,. h;d ·.1cia"1od t;.e;uthor .;. :-=~~•':; bsgir£~"liniiu 1..~ a .nuii fr..u-,;.ni.'lm i"i'vm

a culzoin'ltion of U:e ll06~lia.n p!lUocophy in tho Absolute ldoe., It is oqlllllly

true, hoHavo;., .. th1.t tbe objo.ctiv!y o::..~e rorco that broucllt the ]'Outh

tll.O& to ~aM, .nt .one <111i ~!ttl nllrte tine, with r.-o11l1t:r and w1til ~:llrx' s tboot•y r .

Of Alion.~tiar.," Will Also CO"?.aJ. t,hom to COlli~ to.,ti•ipG lfitl\- tho llagoliDn tl1aloo.t1c. ~: ~ I • Q(' ~·I!·~ fV.a. 'f<>-W'"-'1 A_A,,,>V'i. ! ~- W-"".,<n!:l:.'h-r.81'Z:?aa-!tJO~IIt dosot•lho:l aa one in which "!]J. olc:r.onts of

crit1olo111 11o hldtlen :l.n it1 a"'l lll'O afton alroa.dy propnrod 11n:l ~ ollt in

& .,.Mar erlon:!1n~ far bo70nd tho· ;bi:ol1sn ntand.po1nt;' arri tho maturo llru':t,

in Cnpl.hl, roltot·•tod .~n "thu oourcn ... or all dial":=.t1c. 11 (2) It di<l not 11!.'',·: ;-

then, and ~ort.c.inl;y c.annot no>r;'"'""•' an avasion, but11 a confronto.t1on \dth

lloaW.'n Aboolutos,

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'•' •/ J£hla ill ·not. <to .nl\'.)1" .tbat. wo can divwo, out of llO.ZI<li tho contention

.tMt ~~·;; ,\bilolutoa ar.n·a ront,Q.tomcnt or .\l'!stotlo'o ,\baolutos, if not a . ~~~~

tro,owback to PlAto's concept or ·phllooophor-k:'.ng 1:hilt roflocted ·aroolr.

ca::ioey uhoro slD.'tBD did all tb-:. 4bor lltlr.i tho intoUectual el•us~, who did .· ' .. ' .

not lAbclr, did ~ill tho phllioopldeilll!. But, to th1D writor, tho. contantion

·ralls "to''. coino to •crips tdth tho roaoon Wl\1;ao 11g&inot th.,' Groek phUosoph:.<ro

wh()·-re:~~.in'in acadom~, t.'loro is tho.ll!llltiple am o0>1 robirth or Hegol otudioo. . ' : .'. . ' ·.. : ' O:I'.P'i . ' . Ii' •th• ~un~-ravolution· cliitlll7 tdght of CollliiiWtia:u (Chinoco as vall ao ·

: '· ,:.·:.':':.::'aU:ushn),'Mt to ·iDention. tJ>a-·~~ t.Aeir attacko on "bourgooia ·:--·_: .... :~p/·::._;_·:..-.'.f:._.- ... ;·:_.;:::.) ... _-·:· :-~---.: .• • . . . . ......,__. , · • ·· ... ::.·: : ... >1dealilmtfl0.•could not:.1stem ·th11.· tido'·or world histor.,Y .. W.ich transformed Ho~l!ll • r:• .. )~ ~-' ;.-.-:-... ~-·.< .\·_:;-_:>_ -, .. ';~; ::_.>":\\·."·_ . • '··: , -_.:.-., .. ·. -~-.;..~:- .. · ._..- . •

·•i¥,'i.·: "' :::1'\.:;iritc:a· conteo:por4l'y0 :how can academic u.loof'no•a'.ior e:OPir1c1o1111

·'· \:~: .•.. : · Ji; .. _\)l,ap~or I~ .. Ho•nl's ,,b,.~luttis aR !low llecy1n~1nc• •Just ao ·i'rotlothous, tia.vine otolon l:iro t'ro:o hoa.von, be,; ins to build hoilsoa , · And oottlo on tho oarth, co phllosopb,y, h!!!!1."4i C':':t~!Y.lc-:i 1t,olf t? tl'l~ ,.:c:n•lti, _t.,,t"~"V* acainot tho apparent world. So now ll.l.th tho llozollan phlloooph,y. 11 -- l'.arx

llto . .v . .,.,..:ract that·!:.i.;al'a conccpto of Reason nrr.l F'roodom are 111n · of· 1~.;..,. ..•

tho .~ir" pol.nts"t.> an ';"'eont. nood for a noll o:wdno.t1on,1 Not for tho. s<tk6

. of Hagel, .but for our oskos~ \fo aro the onos uho nro in ne<!d of a phUooopb,y

thilt can mo~;t tho challo.'lr,o ct. our tino~. !1ow that a· "ovcmnnt frat~ pract1co

.is ra1o1n;: ph1losoph1o quoot1cno or tho moot profoUnd kinrl, uo can no

lonior dl.Grocard thEI. philooophor ~:ho livcxl nt a ''b1rth-timo11 of hiotory ..;;.

the bnginni.'lR of an. ac:'o of .,..,,olutions.

Cur ~<.~a af ~tbsolutoo, .. ,.hen tho countor-revoltit1cn 1o not juot outaido,

but ..,~tho t•<JVoluticn itsnlf, do:nando that YO put tho lio~nlian dWoctic

to tho to:~t. Ho;::ol holt! thot the dialoct1c, which ho co.llcd tho Abooluto IC ~ ,. ~'

~:othod, -to--bo.""' nt Qno Q!l(L tho oa::r.o t1rJo, in conctant motion, nnd no "":lu;~nnnt"

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<fhrilo:tic or ·tho Subjoct, t!Ie .con.Unuous Jlr.oc...,o.,o.t' .bocom1nc, tho coJ.t~1:10v11l!l, ·.· .· ' . '

. ,. . . . its <U8covG-Iil", 11ci!el, pou1bly bo.vo ctopPo-J.its .:l;ncc3aant 1110tion1 .I! "r.oth1n.o;

.· 1; . ·.' / .. ;:))'. ! .:,; ,, 1.~,:1_~;: con~o~vod o:r kno"" in ita trutb, elea~~~pt; aot'"':lf~ ;~/r ~f~Pletoly

.. · .. l, .:.::' : ,~J~~--~.111/)thOd,•• ()) -w1zy- not au~jeet P.o;;;ulto Abooluto" tc !Jt7 ;.'h,y not ·; . . ·':!' ''· .•• ''/. 1,. ':.· •• ,,,,( .:.· -;' ·•• • •

.:- ,J:",;,J:.: :.::f: :, t~~.:P~'~;7og1~i .. ~t Hoeo11a l.o•<1cf :.1ij' n.Gt roll tho f"ill:! ot Ht!Eol.'a ontoloziao.l

, ~ ~/ {S :y~;;:L\\;;.!:~~rt¥\l~Jf.frd ~;tbD1r first·public appeal'&llo~ 'iit tho Phn"m:no>oloflt7

-':: :; · .<C',:)i ,··:·. ·:.·. >':~~Siii:~.~c>' . .rounff -1~1':1:, in grappl1rJS tlitb "Absoluto ICnowloigo• u eontainin,;; '<.: .: :-'>:·.: ::::,::;·;:·:.:;;. . · •.• ; "<··h~':\;'ii: •·: .'• ·.• :,. ·: .i'".. . . . .. . ·. . . . . . . . c\;·:i·:.,-;· .... :;.":,:,",~.-·~i/:·H::·:,;.~'bi>~li>,tho;ellizi;,ation..lllld tho .. <:uinteasonee of tha PhOllOI!onoJ.ogyn (4) four<.! f"'t · P':;x:::s·''.}';,..,r .. ·;" · .·;:7(f!~\'i'ii•':' · . : .. ·• . ·· · · . • . . ..

. , :•f·:.•::~·~;;·:',;-j':to.rbo,:ctl!o)4~ to· t!Jo 'dicoovory ot'· i!lstor.:l.aal IW.twisl:l.~~r.~. Xhis "Was by no '.-.· :: ,:·.,' l .~l~-~~~t·: : .. ·:·:~_~4-i::.- ·:· .. i'r~~~.!·: .. t<:·.: .-~<: > •. ' :: ~·: ' .·

.. ( :·,;c";_~ •:;;--:c.-: :·~~.:US~a:qu'o~nfot· "ntruxU.n& Ht.seJ. r~ilt.o.tcls up"., 1a l'ouorbach. unror~tol,V,-' .• ,, .• ·;·•',.-:··;·:.::.;, :,"1.;"•;• .•. :;,::·.· .. ' . . . . .

•::::••< ." · ·.:'~t~;;even.tboso l1ko Lukooo/l',ho havo probo:l doopl,y into tho ori:;illlr ot . •:. ":>:;,.:. '.).> .':.••-.;::,_:._:.; ... . ' ... ' .

· ~.al-T...!=.'; .!n .l!c:,.::::!!.;.n. ph!lo""l•hy, o<oured .elc:r ot' tl:o ~baolntGs, r.rol'a:-,.in(; . . '·'',•

"· ·. ,: . \•.·. to ir~~at, lf0.Ja1:·1u "co.~oapt of1'Subjoct11 nnd :-:arx•a cono,;et1zat1on of it ao

. th~ prolo~mt into tho coneopt. or tho ~11ll!!Uard r ... ,t,., (5). By thB tilno,

howovol", that- lon1n raacllo:l t.:, .f.lnal ch4pter, "•lbsoluto Idea" of tho .~c.Ln.,..,., vo ~ ,J

of l.o"'io, he ,1:1) DO <rr.eitod OVI'lr 1r..:ol1s ilbsoluto l-!ot!rod tbat bo C~l.J,J:i'ati:<lntion to. En.oels

1a. con=lirnion t!l.at "the systom o.r Ho'fal. .l.c matPl'io.lic::t tW'nlld up-

aiclo <lotJn,11 ~f.l,-:no that 113 it 1714y, !!a:rx•a problcl!ls ol' tho 184o•c and J.B60•n,

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0 (lt/~~~·".''".l""' n:rJ F>-o""!.!!il• P• :no (S) "O:r•>o tho Pru-ty 1.:; :'O<:o;;nizo:t as tiro hintorical for::r and tho activo coc~rir~ of cla•a ~onuoiou~no•a, it •-~ultanoouoly bcconoo tho oar.:-1,.. of tha otllio of tho ctr·u:..;J..tn;; prolnt.'ll'iJJt,rr (~oora,;l.ukacc, ~ohichto U1>J !:lnrt~O!lbo.,tr.•tnuain, clloptor on 11:tor~a l..·t.u::onb:.u•t;, ,:no".xl;:;:: t, 11 )

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. 1n tho·JJarly l9201 e_·~~~''not:o~~~1/ Uo~;ol'o ~Mto~opl!,y has "validi~ 1111. or .... :: ... · ..... · : ·• .... ·. ~:-;.;.,_:_ ....... ': . . :.:<) . . · ·i .: .

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. ·. -. ~· 01:ls~ ~~~...,r~;~f.~tJr· _or,: x:;i!r,lcog~ • -~~l!."fl.b: :.lli>~CIS~O::' o. ontolosl.cal . ..: .; \'' · .. · · ' ... :.\•? £:' · _> :; ·.,: ···:, :~ '.: ,.-_·._., ... _ · .~·.;-• .-_:·.:C_l~}.'J,::r. ~~i,: :,,_:. ~·;·: '/.·.~ :~ '!!.:-~.::. ... ~F:~ :,-:· .. · .. · .. :·_ · ·.: · . 1.':· • ' • • ' •

• ~ , .. : : ,:,or,!O~g· .. !rl'; Ti®o•.;' .1;<1.5~.l'tr(l1.1i :rujtQJ.u..t1~inar7. ~~· :~.:~ i-cvol:t; · agairust llo;:ol' 8 . .. ~ :;:_\~~:-.; c;-· ::.>;;r; -.. -· ->-·,.-,· ·-·- ::·; ... -;_._~·'.:: .. _, :{~-= ·.t,;li<:.~£~_/.: ·:. ·) .... ~·_.·-~ .. ~::' .. : ·.;·:.::";:·: :: · ·. :: ·. '· ::··· .· .. . · . . . .

· · · ;."·:;·;llT,Ito:!l•';·!:ro~l~tor ilflin!l' atil ·llothinene<~s,· attCJl:',:Sar.tre'a a.cpar.!.anceB 1n thO ~ .··· :··:::-.:>"·\·.":·.::·:~·:.~···:~.·:.:.· .. = .. ·:·::.·.~· ... :.:· ... ;.:··!· ... ;~ .::>··.··_..-:.::..~··: ... ;..-~. :··· . . . ; ~ ·t· ,. ;·;: f..,,'itu:Wrta.'lco .an:! 'iri 'tho 'postwnr.·pwlod 'doba.to:Fvith '.C<ittlltlniat ~eologucol Sartra

.. ' .. ;.>::.:; ::' : .... ~ .•. :~!->;!.--..=.. ·:-: '/. ::. -~ ... :.. . . ;:;):·.>· ti~~-:.,·:·~·:-~~ .. ·-~ .. :· ·:·:· .. ~ .. ·\ .': .... :~_.:..: : :·.. . . ... . . . . . . . . ~ . . =· · · • .. · ·.::. ·.~-~~ fotmil-t!t.·noc:es=a....,-· to .~roau~'ld.il~~~t1on'at .the tt•1v1alltiea utts?<d ·

! •. : ··::: ;.· ·. ,,; :;.; -_:-;/ '::.:;:'~.?7 ~:;.:~ .. . r. ·.: '•<: :"':. :' ":;._._..:.;::~~~f.,:-.:,,;~:1.':';._:::\y.; ·."·: .. ;.· .~:·:.;· .>·: ... :.-: . .':···. . . . . . ·. ; : . . . . . . .. ·: .. ·. :/_.;, ~<,::,;~;F•~~t~,~~(Al::oluto: .. '!It :is!llnt'~~~l!l,~~·tho.t~Jl~~-can-.'¥U' tfrito toc1q tbs.t · ·. . ·.;· ,.·: .. ~~-; ~-~ r,~~ ;,t.:-:-t--:-.... :·~:: ::h.~'J.J;t•·. ·~·. · ...... ' , .... := .•• : .... • ·-:-~.~ •• -i:.4:~"··:~':¥. .... ;"f.:~·:-~; ::·~: .. ,: .. :~ · ... f::< .· ..... ··· .. :. . . . . . . .. · ,. · =· ::;,: ' ·': ·.y~:•.th~Soluto'.1s not llfa!i~'n {4J'Ii:i,l;...U"l8:=ilc.t' tli~pliicci (7) to 'ask wl\1 Eltisto11tl.al,.:.

.. _-.;,.:···) ·:.::5:-:5.:·::.>.:_?! :•·~··-::,".~;.·~;,;.~ .'. :~·. '.' ·• ~ .. ~. :. ·.·<·;·:.:~-.-~:-:·~· ... ":~~:.':·.;~ .,·.-;_.~,:.::~.-:' .. . ' .. .-· •. -.. . .· · ": .,,;, ' :-·:~f:?it.;,: cad'aot·.t!'.en'ci:nao ·tO· ~.ptf~tb:4'.4r.ii•s: . .,-.n;.~ss1ons that Co=uni= wa

... · .;"·~-~~'.)~oi·~~-,~~ai on~n dov~p~l~~~·-~~a:.;e~~ of.'htiman soci.oty11 • (6) On~ '. . . it;.;~~j~Wi:~;.;s,d!~~i.'=4~~ er.ist~~1sm llauld luL~4 ~n dr;:

"·(i -:. •. . . • • • • . • . - .

t0.~1a D~~ distinoticn bo~bon eeonomic &oluttono-- abolit1on o! privata

• : .. ·; ... ~~-,;..~t_;,;..;. an:! crMtivo h~ ;.~o~ps·, ospecili:uy au tho t'.&turo Y.arx

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. . ' _, . . .· . . . ~~s~•ct:'its' ntha d~caop;aoot:~r·li~n. powr vhic:l ia ita OYR ond, th~ truo

~Ooln of .troo:loa,n ~9).'· T'n~lJO~..ft;,;(,'i'lt. t~ b7 -tho .:tart'or tho 1960's, ·/ · · · · ·· · tg·lv .. ~rY ·

· axiotontiAlim:found CO:IOthin$ JR.cld.r~ in 1tsolr llS 1 t could not meot tho

. cballene;o·or :f~~i~oct turbul!lnt:docado,·~ 1~ is i\lr~:rdocado which ~s inp.,rto:!

a RIJ"of urgoney to tho tnsk of f:l"Opplius w.i.th !!ae;ol i 0 .lbcoluto 46 poooiblo no:<

bocrinninGs,

(6) !ll.t·"t!ono1 ri, P• )15,

{7) 1bn. ~hnp~or on s.,.tro 4P.POtlrS in Part II, ntornativM, ',/}1-.l(.''"k..ln · (8)~~" o.ni 1'!-aooom, P• :303.

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:Lho Phono.•nnolor;r <>f 11ind ac:l the !lcicnco of Ioeic - fl<>&ol's "voyarl<> . 1-.is .

.· •'

or d1uconry11 Mld Aloo;io of ab~W"Aet· cat.ogorioo - oro a m.L1IJ:Ians for 111on "to

lot tho .<l.,W bury the doa'd• (lO] "hila tho 11vinc ~:c t~rth to moot t~e

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. challong~·.:o:r tho t1mo~~ (ll) and '!aive .o-:>.r to its (s~irit's) u,.goncy." (12)

.. llut/'Wbar.o tho Sai.,;;c.; ·~:- .Lode io Rithout "concretion or Bonna1

11 tho oxcito-. . . .. . . . : . I~ ... ·: .. ·. ..,;._. : . . .. . . . . ,

.aiout:~f;,tbo~litu;d,!:or.·tlt, An'.i.val. of• a now opoc~p81'11:aa~s the whole or the

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"• !'hililci.tonoio't"'.' sci·:.;;:u.iro. io this· "Fooonco11 in tho otrug;;los of ·connoiou?noss 7

· ~fth'ttbo:.~hJoetiv~.~~J.d. tho atrlll:Zloa or solf-consoiou•noas With othor, thB t · · · . ' ,. • '. f

' '• k,~;"i· .... , ..... ,./ 'conaoiousn~n ·or othora - bco that botwen Lordohip and llondago, or a£ aeLf.;. ' . ' . I.. . , I

. ·. . 0 ...J . . . '· . ~ r cvrwcioUG.ile&s wi-tt;·!to own unlu~~in0:~9 -. that tho read or :iD ·rna.'.Jy th f.t'ri.o'~ . . . .. ..

:

l!«lol. upon ·the lonoJ, t0l'tuou" 2,500 yw.r trok ·or: :-:ostor11 phllooopb,y from ito • r ' , •

. birtbplaoo in ;,;rooco i>o010 500. B.c. to ita laap to "absolute freodom"- in .. the ' t'i'

sroat French Rovolutioli, i\!lo(;al did ~ot consider it ~?..:.? .. coinoidenoe tha.:;t

ho•'-'nO colllploting tho Phan<>:!lonolo,:2 aa l:apoloon fllhorsoback,ontore:l ?ruooinJ ..._, ... ______ ~-· .. (Sir.c& !locol doos not nllow the l'oodor to forr:ot anothor "prooonoo11 - that i ·

is . or Abuol.uto Spi!'it llhOSQ 11tino MD eomo"-•hiotcry itcolf. it io truo,~"

manifost<>.tion of the t·lo~ld sJ,.it.) llo•tort=holooo, what 110 follov io ·tho

___ (10) .l!t!!l"""""nlc-v, P• l:JO

(U) ~£;~o nr J,n ... ir, Vol. IJ;!, p. J5z 11 thoro aro no trac'os in lor,le .o•· tho .now ·upiri t t<hieh has uioon both in Lonrning and in Lifo," .

(12) ·z,.,'t•trnn on thn ll!r.tory or Philoooph'l, Vol~ III, p. 50),

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;t:lQ- ·reaJ.ity,and Dp1r1t - &zx! nct,bOOAUSO l!D~ol bas iJnpoaod Spirit Upon . . ~- _,, . _. ' } . .

l'ilality .buf; bocauoo· spirit ~-" ilmDinont i."t ~"ality, } '

· · . ~o"<:hout fll<mo~a.-ioi.ocy1~16.3 ....,._,. ·«dstence, 11-thn ~nont . . . .•• . .. .

rb,yt~w __ '1f tho Cl~llont .. cf CO!leoptw.th.,ught11 .(1.3) has-cant c spoll on ;,~itics 411<1 follo11urs. alU!o, :nto discover.,; of !Iiotorica1 Matorialia.,, Karl !!ar~, Oritioiiul tf!CI 'old .mat<ll•ialioOJ f:or ita .fallti:-c .to _grapple >d.th actuality, :- ·. ' ' ' . ;· ... ~~- ·. . . . . . . . . .

•. - -iihloh 1~--to tbe)a~t!vo iddeir :bo!ng davelopod 'by 1dea11sn, ·

. ·. ·-· ... ,_ .• :.; ~~:~J-.-~u~·-i~lt\1!~ l!v.;:,~;noio;J.~:i.~~ "th~ bktd~n ;iltru unclear . . " ·--. "':"~ :::.~"n to 1to<>lf',,M:t:,II\Yp~f.)'lng cr'lt;l'al.pbUoooplzy-, · Uo»ov.,..,

: · .- ... -.·:·::to ttur: extent: tbato:ttholds faat ... tho -alloMtion ,of•: Man - avon , · •:•it-:lfari ·app<r&l-:s .oni.r- !n •tf1o .for.. 'i>1' :Sp.l.rit ,... to' th1t oxtont

. 111-l"ela..Drits. of:c~1ticit114'11o h1ildan,in it and ·ar.; ofton · iijl:ead.Y2•rnr~t arx! '>D?-km •olit_1n a Mnnor-oxtencl!ng far boyoi!:J. t)la liDdollan .ots.mpo!nt, :rho aoot1ona o0n 'Unhappy

'·. · .Concci!liheso1., ··the ~l!on.:m&ble r:onac!oucnoas 1 ~ t.ho struggl.,

biitlloun thu:tn·oblo~· and. •baaet conaciCJu:ino=s·, ~:~tn~ 1 otc_.r contain ·critical iil.e.,onts .:. Althillllh utiilin.an aliormtocl for,.:I.- o!' wbolo ophor .. tJtlil:o :<oligion, .tho Stl!to, Civic -!J!o, ·ota,n . (14)"

6-\) :nutt is to soy, dospito tho .!'act that Man is nowhero prosont _in ·t~~o Fhonomenoloey; d6op1to the faot thnt negol analycos tho·dovolopmont of eon-

. cciousnoss and ooll"-eor.scio~•nnsa ao db..-.badioc! spirits; dospito the fact

that Ft•OC<!obl arrl :Ieason lil<o>iiso appoal' only 118 activ1t1os of the min~; dosp1to t-ho fact tb2t; He~e11 e 11ostranrrncl ino1rht11 hns caught only "tho

abotract, lodcal and cpocillativo mrprsonion for the "'ovoc:ont of history";

tho dialoctie nsvo:-tholoea. conoludoo l'.arx, rovoals "trani:cerv.lonco no an . ,_, . . f/ ;:\·~\ t:\. . . . ..

obj;>ativ-o IIIOVOIIlent. ~4Mc: oir<:loc! out trenocondone" nu·an objective Movomont,---··::---·-··-- ·~~ • I • o

"!!?tpn ortler to -~ho11 ~'_':'~l(wbat """~"boh1r~1" tho stru111:;los of oonoeiouonooe

.. na ·sol.f...,onoe!ousnec~ - the actual hi:story of ""'n's hiatory, l'.arx '"""

cloG arguin5 o;.ninot tho nuro11raturialloto 11ho didn't uncforotarr.J that

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·· ,· .. · •.· • • I-t~ :>.J..; ~·-· "··- ·.·•, : ..... ,,.,,~, ,") _. .._ 1~ ·

falloc:j to D<!!J·,"Dti!'.i'-dovQlop.,ont in .actuallty ..as;,;,ll··as 1n tho strugglo9 of

.•·· oo~sc1ouano~:r;·.··!t 1s .~uiSIIolf-d..;..elo)lll:ont, U,~• ·rllct that no outs1:1e rorco • .- •• _. .- .-.":'.·· - •• 0 • • • ' -. ~ •

•l>ropols .a rlova'!ui~t forwrd, that 41llotmcl thn ·ll:llot''Gtlcyclopodic min:! or Europ" . . ··, '

to: see •the dO'folop.;,nnt. of: thCught. !11!1 "Jl4Nllol" (15) ·.t~ "'IDrld history.

, '· ~: ··~:tlJ~ton0•40Copts IIA=•a. cr1t1quo/ aiXI Does tho muJ.t4fu<i1nous

iltagec or v~1i>Mt1cn, o!' 11ubjoct ·atd objoct, or Consciousness and Self-.... ' . '.. . ·'· ·- . :- ' . . ·. Coriuo1ousaoss, of Reason awl Rovplution, or flp1rit 1n ·Solf-EatraagD:llent, not •· . . ._ ;. . . . . .

to •1!lllt1ol) tho· division wii:.hin tho Absolute 1taelf, as an "oJlstrangod" .

·:i.i' 1naii:ht ~W: ool!'.;do.-~pmori't· cr··l!,~ end ito production rolot1ons: or ,._.-;.-~ .. _.-_-.·_~ .. _:\.~::_.;1;;-::; .. ,'· .•. ,1 ..... ; . _ _. .,r·-.: ._: .,,; _ .' . tl • ,. ..

: , ,:i~;~he~~~,.~n~ ~cma!fs :w1~h'jH~IIl>"Coid'1nod·1n,tho,roah of'•'though~ fl'r, •~bother . 1; ·-:_·.·.·.:,.·:_, .. ·:-C-0 ·."-....,.fr.·.: '-·.,:.·, --.· ·.c;_--,\·:.· .l ., ·._ ,' . ~ ....

.... . '''·''.'oiie'dop;lllts'f'rooi both.:spli.,;.,si:-;m 1100s "Other" mc1steitt1olly ao, "Hell is .. , . ' . -, :· :~ ·;. -·.,.,:-(·· • (;- \< ,: -. ' •. :. ' - • r ·, . . 'I

(~-.- '-," ... -.. • .- ••• 0 • - • ~-' .. ' ·_. ·, • • .. : ' • •

. • r ot:~~~!>~P.I~··.:. t:~~ -~~·~ ~0~~ . .1s Jll)t only tha:J~~-~-:"_ a carro~~?'l1~. : '

· ·~ ':~:-~~st~i1~-~~8~:c: .. _raf: ·war¥ -Gtage· (tr·-~-~~l~~ron~~gi~;l dAVEtlo~,;·t-, bu(' th:;.'t ! f . ·:· . . ·_ .. : ",'·_ ...... --·---·· ~----·--·--;·._;__;.·t~· .... ··--- ..... ,•t"'~t\ . .. 11 .. ~hought-lliOlda ~~~:·"*Por1onco 1"/.a llllnn<>r tha~1 novor a,;ain .w1ll-,1t .. bo poSGiblo

.·to, soi>u11to tlie&o .tm> oppoott.os into oop&rate roalms. · :nto mothod or unitin;:

tho·'t>:o,: dililactioe, ia irrocintiblo boo11uoo U co=oa from within. AlthoU!;h

•·tho; historic' ·Periods eno nOt spoe1f1od b,v lls:;ol, noi titer W'O they supor-

: ~ae:l· by .. othcios on'•tho otagus or conscioUllnoss, l!1story rBD!41n:l tho innor-

~9,Bt, c~ro of all of Ho3e.l'c !Jhlloaopbic c:atogorios, J.ll. Findlay ia '.·. . . . . . . ' .

abcolute.ty eor>·oct ·whon ho wr1to:i th!>.t "Huch. of tlia 1ntonso obscurity or . )

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Hc,;<>l'o toxt 1~ bora {Soctian on Sp11"it 1n Selt-F.strMcomont11 ) due to tho . . . 1.-11.)

conooala:l proseneo ot ;;n h1otor1cal fra~U<r.:ork," In a word, i!arxistn and

ncm-Marxist:l lllika havoo1:''4"l'od tho. truth, tha doop bislloriclll ns tw•o of

lloeall.».n plill:osopey,

(15) L1otllT'OS nn tho rll.RbT'y or Phtlo•onhy, \'ol III, p. 5'~'7

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·o~~s.& continuoue procoa" ot eel!-c:tovolopmont,· a proeoo~ ·or devlllop:uon-c throu;;ll ·, . •'. . '•.

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co!'tr~ct1c;~ri~ .tllrou1~ll al.1e;.-t1on, iohre>u&li aoubla "~ot:Ation,· ..;~ .b~1n3 'Witb

· . •.eG.,.,.,_.Illl'ta1nt,; ~n:t ·navor -~ti.e-tto CDIIooloou 1110t1on, not avon at it.i . ' . ' .

apex, Abll<!l_u·ce Xnold.oo(!o,. J.t -!!.s- tito dcvoJ.opD!ont or mrJ<in:l•s history from

bondqo;\';o rr_eGdoDI, and fro .. thEo,_Froncb 'lwolution. to GO"Dlall pbilosop!zy-, ~r .-; \ tho ~ench ·Revolution. tr4.~sfol'l!led ilito disloetic method •

·. iho. plenJ.tudc (and oufforill£:) or .consciousnes" 1n ~lllf-<lovaiop,.Gnt · tha~ HorioJ: ~~- gaLborod togotbr4o 1'or hio "Seioneo or tli., E:cporienoo cir con-

6~;rsn~us;· ~'11~\n;,~f.'~>: -~&-~. ~ter~retatj,ons (very of~sn •b.V the same

. ';.<Ji~~d4·· .. ~:.. ~odi~~·l."oil'o;;cl1ng or. a pao~go), ~t thoy ca~:do so .

· · ·, b;~~~/~ o~b'>Causa; Heeal.:cro:~tod his 'univorftl~ through •· DIOst pain~ '< -- . • • • '' ,.

· stakin£ 'and ri;:orous· o;.~m1Mt1on or tb'o lnOVol:lont of no leaa than· 21500 years . ', . ' ' _,

:ol'• hlat.ot-Jt: 'l'h" faat that· thirs laboricuo developD!ent of manlcin:l cui.d.nated ' ' . ' .. :: :1•, :, - ' ' • •

1n,.thff•po>'iod or thOJOFronch.rwo:tut!.on clrovo tho ceniua to -broak with tho

., int>-ovcroion • o!' bia phUoisopbic contaraporo.t'io:r,

. ~/ . B:r.auc" Hettel1o <!oa.11ng with univorslllo,- as not soparato fro111 the

1ndividua11c;:"a:q>orionoe11

, it docsn't•-lllllttor if one dwsl13 on a oinrrle ato;;o

or •.Uonation:·or on tbo cli<>nat1ons in tboir totality, !low IIUicy exo:;oa"a ...o

from Josillb !loyee1s rolicious prooceupaUon with the "Contrite Consciou~nans"

to"J!Cil'bort Hltl·cuse1a coltllccn•n with 11tochnolociclll roality11 en<! its "Conquost

. ~,_ . o!' .tho Unhappy CoMciousnoSG,. (17) blll'O,!I'}• dopon:lod on Hegel's Alionoted

Soul or Unhappy t:onaci<>usnossr? ~~""" one ovon to eo to tho extromo aud supor-

1mpoao· juat t<10 d!visi9ns upun ·tho 1.-bolo of tho Phn~~<>,.onolooo'!'1 oven this

'-'lluld not.' be 11\lrOne". l'huo. If~ t ll,ppons Up to tho na.r of Rov<>lution r II

(17) Onn- ··t..,nncrionol '!nn, pp, 56-0:J,

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· '· ,.U'.ulo,.riiu~.,·atage~ of. dovolop01ont - Sp1r1t, l!oliF;u.rt, aid .1bsoluto

;..lU,;;;,.._: ;,tii.d'tllen b~ ,titlod .r:,'Mt !Iapporus atterc·~~-~ovolut1o~7". Evon . . ';.';::r:!!.f·.::.<'·.·· . ._:. .. , .... -..... ··_, __ ·... ... . . . '. · .. , .--~_.: ~- . />:.~:iliwlJ.'~'i:aroil!lpllflcat.ion .or·, .it .you.uioh, vtlg41'1zat1on; ~«>uldn't bo viijlot1ng /; _.::._:,._}!:'(:'~_';:~ .. _;_ ', • .' ... ' . . : . ' !f:"" - .. ' .: :. : . . ' . :.},t1ieO:epj:i1t .Jir 'J!o.;el, providilig -tli1s >ne done ·ror tho purposo of ponotrating

~x~~'i;l_;~ ~;;~~~is· of dovolopm~t aou:.U . .,ove:nent. For .1t. ~s th<> ~elf·~;;~;:~~:<·~~~;i~~f)~t;~:;,';-_:·:.-·--_ . . ·:·:' . . -·~ -...... ' ... _ .. _,·· . -·. : .;';;J;~~ov~9J"'P,nt. that~ t:te sum ar:l :mba~nc.o,;the .soul. .and ·spirit; or tho ::·, :<~~<>"~ _Vr::.:->·:·~·-,:);.',> .. :. , . . , . ::, ~-~ .. -· . _-., .. , ..... :: .... :: .: .

. •: .:: d.ialoet1o.1n tho~~ght ao 1n lifo, 1n .history as.1n .soo1oty,. 1n .,ldlosoph,y as :·,lf_.:.>_;.~(.:;i':j~:::,;,~:,\~.~· .. ;'; .. : .. '' •' ', ··:.··,_ .~. : ·:: :· ·. c

·.· :·:)2:;1li:'u\ier~tiire. 'Becllu.se,· in tli<nighto·' iloi;'el. w~ 'a great'r&voiutionary, llll ·."'·;::.::·;>·:;·!).: .. ~_;_'j>·;::·'\::,.·: .. :''.-.;:. :.;. •. '• .•. : ,· .. :·: . .· ·.' ,';' ·:·.· . . ' .:::.. . . . • .· .', . . ·. ,::·;:ot'•wr1d.''.hiswr,Y wil tO .hilll,•• hbtori 1n ··t;he "progreois'ald· tho conscicuanoas

' "<· \~~;·J~~;u (18) !t u~B'l~ao tho point or dep..,..t.U.o and po1iit or_ rei..U:~ : oi": tda .gro11 t!i>st tiorks, ·

·, .. ··· .. ·:·'·llciturel.ly, tlio reador can ~till obj.,;,t, 3e..)'lii>g:. :"";'t n. traG t.'l~t_ .. - - . .

. all lll.1~~1ons, oppositions·, contrwlict1ona como to rest in the ourmount1n:;

ot· ;the· objl!<lt ~r conaniousiloas ...o· ao:U--conaciousnosa - anti booo:ning Abooluto

·.Kno>rlocf~r<»7 l•'hllo ·it; .ta true tlu:.t ~a on.:!, 1n HE16o1, is b\\t ·conaWLoo'"Uition of

tho'boll1nn1ng, nC>'rorthol.csa, cntolo~1c&lly, haan't. ilO!lol 11 tranacondod 11 all ' . . . ~ppooition~ abnorl?ocf it all in Abr.oluto. Knowl.ode;o? llo. doubt ho dld roplnc~

· · theoiou. wit.h philsophy, but 1t itJ an ,\bsoluto llll tho Gamo, ian1t :l.t?

All'l ill.n•t. !roodom just connciouanoGu or freedom, not actual frooclo01?

'•' ' .. It doos,'indoE<l,··suO<'I that 4t tho .ond Ab•ol~to·Kno~<lidll•• pure

t'>ouo;ht, ho.a dwouroo actual ·rro!dom• Thin mo.y ·hllvo boon Hc;;ol1s conGciouo . _,/

!lnh>g tho phllouophcr;.aa tho J"'l"dat1ck; Hegel,• r.o doubt lllOO.nt to do

jnot th.•t..,n~nco "kno»1r.e"• &s l{&t'X OY.prossod it, 11io hio onl.y act".

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urivon by tho dy~mic or" rc;alit,y, the irl:'es1oUblo dialectic ~othod~b~yond tho ccli1'1na3 a!''/obooluto· KnOwloo~:e .lioo<LusB 'l.ilwoluto llo.:a.tivi.ty" 1~ the

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1n~ossant I!IOtion, avon' tho /obsoluto IdDil·dooo not OSCApo nogation _t- !'{·

becomo~ tluo Golgotha or AbBl>luto Spirit, 'Lot1.ts :follow llogel into 11Abaoluto

Kno'!lwr:e" &n:l see,

Jlee'el bogino and onds tho ~l chapt:>r, "Absolute Knowlcdgo11 , by

. strocsing. thnf; l:'O!!olloatioo o:f. alJ .. Jit<lgos Of development 1o ODD '113-.Y .Or'

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~~. . . . . ·' .. £1'&r;p1r-sr,~;thod· or how the· opposition botvoan oelr-consoiousnoss end 'its . .

.. objoc~ was ~trll.llscendod 1n lif.'o, l!<> b"!:ins his rocall.tl1th tho .first soction,

':..dtn:.i.od.iato "o~so-axp.;,.iooc"r. and its relatednass .~ "Oth.;,.,, pa1•t1y'' 1· .. :.-; :· •• . ': - ' .

'a" .. P""e..,Ption, am eosontiall,y &s undllrotanding, lh'I18Vor, instead or goin!;

o.~ tof'.~ next .sociuonce ·.:_ sel.t'-conooiousroess, either as it expresoos ito<;tlr

&.s' i:.o,.dchip &nd llor>:iago, Stoieiol:l, Scoptioicz::, or the Unhappy Conzrciouori.oaa - ·

Hegel utopu'-1.'1 ordor to draw out vh:at io tho qu1ntossont14l , not only or

S~tion·. I, but or_ tho on tiro i'ilono~onolo~z An~, indood, of tho "bolo "syotOIII",

oat A'.p<lgc or which had yot boer. vritton, Here is vhat he \ll'itoor

ibo objoet ao a 1:hol'O io tho M!ldi.utod raoult (tho sylloa1o") er tho p3ooing or universality into 1ndiv-1d1Uil.ity throu;,h <lpncifion tion, aloo tho rovorno process t:l•o:n tho indivitlual, to un!.vOl'nal throgzb cancollocl 1n:liv1dll4lity or npoci:ficntion, (19)

~···I,... . The ~>t..lv'_? sir.pl1c1ty or thin lo(lical conclunion is likol.vr to'.

catch the raodor 1ltlll~o tint Hegol iD her.e introduci.nj: tho throo contrel

co.to.;:orien - tho Univl!'l"C..l, P.u-ticular 41>1 Individual - or tho yot unwritten

foo!nnoo or Lo•,ic, It io to bo noto:! that, tbouch thoao catorrorioo aro bound

I t:r1"• r_,. ·toea thor into a syJ'cgiDm, oaclt reDili1no it'selr, or 1110ro prociool~ pu(r in 11ot-

1'uluol.blo to tho othnr,

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l:t htl.a ortan cno,ugh boon ·1'.,.,,•-~~r- ..

'v.. .. ~ i .. I... . notOO. that.· tho PhonomonoloB,Y-,t.bat' ha.o ·bean , '/

~r.cel<iat.~ao an. "Intt·oduction11 to ... . tho LoJ1c .,b&.d~~~ to 800 pacros. and j~~~:: . ·": :l

-talnodf'lA...!=t.''';...liY' or tho Major id~or the Lo:;i.!!.;whlch would tako nonrl,y ' . _,_ ·& ducado to comploto, -i!awors..., 'j;hiu ·ra~t is sti>tod marol.,y in ordor to ·

axp].&ir, the d1t1'1cult1os ·in undor·st.•rr.ling tho. Phenomonoloa. The· er.phnatiori

"tho ·~tu;L epaeos o_f thought."·

:~ .. ·~oro io no,doubt tli..t tho ton years ooparating I!ogol. 1s 11voyago of. ·~ f ' • ~ • ' : - ... : • . :. . _. • l{,' 1 • •

diooorary" ·1'l,om h1s "uyotclll11 sawnreconeUod phUosophor. But it is -not true,

·a.s,wo shall. soe lator, that .t;he-dr·ivi.~g forces no lon&or charactar;tzo the

~~iCc lc C..';Y' ~~ce, that i~ th~ yn'ry rA:lt:nn fa~~oing Of th~ f.!!en~DlOnOlO!('ls ' . -:~. f:. -::t ~

. Hogol. underscoro&l that doublo negatio";~. ~hich charactorizos tho movement from

AbstraCt (tho !Jnivord31) to tho concrete (tho Individual) 11~oU&h opeeitica-- . --· In a word} .

tion" (tho ·Fart~cul.o.r)).holds truu aluo whon tho p:"ocesn io rovorsod. ;negAtion ' I ----•p•-...,

or. tho;:nc£;e.tibn, not 11syntheoiou, (Cliaraotorizos aloo: 11t."to revoroc. ProcOas ,, . ___ ...,. froM tho individUAl to tho univorcal. (20lrn his o~t1on, Hogol domonat.&tos

that thi~ is so in ovory- singlo cte.~o of tho dovol.op1:10nt nn:l, tharoforo, . '

from tho vory- firot soct.ion to tho ll\ot, it io th1o which eharacterizoo

tho ~ of the Pb.2.::Jo~oool.o;-.r.

lt iS crucial to C"llGp thiD lll~VOIIIOnt from tho 1\batract to tho .~·:/ ·: .• •!. '!"

concroto aa a c~l:" -r.tovtrr,;nnt, and not 1ao if it ad heros to somo oort ot st4tic I

trindi< form. Though it ''"" not Ht!(;el, but Ficbto nnd Schelline, wh6( spolto

cai) Ibid.

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:'l.t .• p)JU.~s:>PilT p.~ e. dov~opmout &>! theoill...ant1thas1s-aynthes1s, this otsto

lllent bao ...O..o£ton boon .miurotid as an oxpr.Qllslon Df l!ol,lcllar: dinloctio •that-. ' ,- . . .

. ~ muot •tarry-& "!"iuont lol'll'lor to.sho ... that tho throo categories mcintiortixt

·.horu are not a "trijilioity" (21), not o. aynthonis, not aynthotio eogrdtion,

. but· t.he d~ootio ol' aolf-dovalopmonl• tt.rough a •tlouble nO{Iation, llo . . ~ ~ .

. matter wbo.t tho pnejloflena aro, tho~ht. molds tho form or experionco in a

_war that doternlino.,· both tho oxperiince and "the ways in which consciousnoas

muut know tho f!bJ.oot as. it&ol!," !lor is the 'nO{Iation •o!' .the negation a

"Nullity11 •.. 1lto··positivc .is c.ontainaJ ·in the nogetivo, which is tho p&th to ' . '- ' ·. ' . '""1··.1~ . '_ . ; . ,: . . . &·!!!llj.-bo•inninlo .It char:1o.toris"jj~'not c>nly th& Lode· !>11t .lire; or, mora

··-. -~~01"1"~~ ;Ut, 1t.-1s ~ .mov~~t 1n ·the -IJOgiC, in ,.tho Phenomenolop;y, _nn::l in -·.-,·- ,-' •': . ' .. , -- - . : ,.; __ , ... · 4hedi8J.octics in r:enerlll,bocause "it ,is a fact··or history as of lifo, It

:ls o!l4sole•s mQ,.·O..ont, a veritable c~ntinuous revolution, It is tho lifo

blC~ ct -t,_~o dia.loct1c. This is not beaAus.:t O'tl:!&l "l•llf ... 'Jfiad!t i.t. upun hlu

Iov,lc' or- tho' ?hW"t0m.ortolOP'V'r. Ol- the- FncrnloUnctia or PhUosophicnl. Scillticoa.

It 1e the n:1ttu'B of devolopmcnt, It la a fact of life. ~~'

~ving unclorl'!-nod 11 tbis mnthod or grnopins tho object, i!ogol Ron:ts <:It_.~ ·.:. ·_ ' . ,-~,

tho r<Wiers back to tho relllOmbrailco of things past, at tho Sta!!O or doaoon • ', ~;,· ·

(2l)Later, when·•wo g~applo uitl! the Lode, I<O shall~ ho<Lr llogal .... · ·~·,,.,,. le.u,1h ":t tho >~bolo cor,struct or triplicity, 1nsistin~ that it1a ;f~,-;,,1 .:.~. ( . roallJr ~- quadruplicity:. "If nwnber is applicable, thon in tho . . . "·11;~. ;, ~<hole courso this soconc! i:wlo:lia·tn is tho third torm, tho first ~.~. ·t(,; • '.! , immodinto nnd the 01odiate:J b<>in~ the othor tor01o, Dut it io also . · · ~\Y·~ ~ ... ·. tbirtl or a ~ot'ioa eor~posoo besides of firat (or forr.lll) no~ntive\W~:;:._ k\.:' ·· :;~Jt.J and absolut~ nf.t.~ntivity. or oocond neaativo' noll, since tho forrtOl"-t.·· ·-.~~·~~· :~~ '} (tho f1rnt lio;:<>tivo) i9 itonlt th•> sacontl to1•m, tho third tam :1~ J.~·(.j'' ·'<i,;:' ~:~:~y now bo counted aa fourth, nnd tho nbs tract form of it n:lY. :....:;;.:::~X>~ . .- · b!J to.lcen as " quadruplicity in plllco of t!"iplicity, (S<!l;,n'i!'m'.Lo~is't•' 1 '1J'

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.. whore .ho .ba:l lllllde .hio ~ri.t,l,citl" .. of :t.l!o .P.h11osoph1os .. baoocl on "pura ogon, I

He n-:>t~ th&~ ttie> O:OJOent. Cllr.IO before.conociouonesa as.Puro Insi~ht and En- :J.

l.ij:htcJ:=ont, ;~llich ."'"'!! appf>U' mor" rolovant to our ·ago, ..

. ntis Oali:;ohto.ncicnt COt!plntoa' .npirit18 ooJf-ootranco-l!lont in this roala, teo, •Atethor .. Gpir.it .in solf-alionation ..... ,., tld'ns 'to "oek. i:t>J . .-U:E>tor liS to ll reg! on whDl'o .it· b&comes

. conscious a! tbB poo.co or ~ol:t'-oquipoao. Enl~hton.,ent ups1ita tho· hounohold 4for.ar.ge.'llonts;wh!eh sjlirit carries. out in. tho hou.~e of j"a.!.th by bring1n.l in tho t:oods and i'urniohings balo11cing· to the .O~:id of !laro· anr.l ..tli~l/ow, (22) .

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· . th9ro wao · Lt :!'he point in that in each ce.se,fno rosolution or contradl.ctionjtur~s 'i

out to bo but :rh-ot notation mst undc.rgo a aoeond n"l!ation. :rhus, thouch:"{ :.

:.t!r.e KnlighteN!lont "upsets hou~ohold arrnngomonts in tho house or :aithi• e.n:t> . :. - .-.. ------ ·- .- . ·. ·.. . ' . . .

. ·:: .. u~c.iodo:f .. in "bringing .. tn the ~toe<ls and. '1'tnon1shb~gs bolonginc to·tho ·wrlil. :. ' •• :.·:.:. :.· --';'~ ', '.··-, '· : ,; ' '-._. ... ' •• ·-·· • • •• • • ! • : \ '·. _. -~ ':o:I''Hero aruf liov," '!J!uro ca.Ltl11"e" •>c>ul:l·not negate ~~o ."nnivorsai 1nvars1on•

'' \: . . J. ,· . . • ' • • • _·'t .

01"·::-e&l.i~ an:t thought.-" thoir.-ontiro lldtl'alli:OO!ent, the one trn111 tho other": .. .:.•,_ . ' . . . . . . ,_. '. ' .- ''- , .

. ·. tlb.it, ·is···rowri 1n thia· ilph<»-~ .i!t. -tha-t noithm- tt,G cono:Mte "r.e~ .. u.'t1c:;• ·-w~tG-putwc~r and. wea.lt.h, nOr thoir dotorDlinato con

.. c<>pt1ono; ~cxld &llOl u .... , not" tne conr.ciousnbss or gooa and batt (the conoe1ouanos:: tlu:t·i~ noblo.,and tllG consc1ouanecs that is

·bASE<) posaoss !'<'ll! trutn; it io l:ound that nll thoae "omonts arc> invortoo lll>l tr4llmnuto:t in ono·into .tne otnor, a!¥1 E>acn is tbn opposite ot itseJ.r. (23}

. ~.-. No lt~avon is rcachea at tho onu or tho.h1~h~y or all othar st~goa

or alienation. 'l'llo noeclea rovolutiona (24) novor ono. Ao Hegel himseJ.r

expro~soo it in hill ~,cturnr. on th" 'linto,.y or l'llilor.ophy:

(22) 1o:l.cl, p. Sl2. (23) lbiclo p. 541 .,_ ...

(24) llo <louht, tJor.ol 'Would havo·-ob.lected to tho word, revolution~, but ho hil!lsolt, 1n tM l'ror.aco" to tno P~onnMMoloey (p, 1U6) rears

. tlia.t his doscrip"Cion ttut 11 thO: mt1tt1ca is nothln'! olno th!ln tho G~UC:t1ll"O or tho ~nolo in ita puro ann o!Jsontial·rorm11 , vnen·contralltect to hl:o conoidcrat1on that hitherto tho quostion of !lhilooophical. m"thod '""" do.>! t with in absolutoly obsoloncent fo~=•• "mtsr.perhap:n DOtmi: aomu..:hat boaotrtil or revolutionnry-••• 11 Ho kopt dCI>,I'.!.ne: thl.a. Yut, in tho :::noyol~~n<ll.a, he bonotod tlu:t "thou~ht cldp~ivcxf oxiottn, inntitntiono of tho.\r forco, ~onot1tutinnu fnel v:lctim to tlwur-;~tt. t:c;U!;ion \-rJ.~. D.r.oailo:l by thoueht ••• Ph1lot.:oP,horo wwo act3o~dln:ly banishoJ e;r put to Joath an ro\•olutionists ••• u (pnra;Jraph l$', ~deli tl.on,)

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the un:ir.staminc and COJDP.rehOJ.Uiion or hil'ls&lf.; for the possess-, ing or h~so]1' o hAs RO'WaltOJ.•ed h1o categories, uniting .h1roself .in a ~uer, . .de..?pcr,..,oru Jntri~ic rolation 1fith hiLiaelf,u

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The Cr~. of tho mattor is t~t. thLJ DIOV8CI8Rt:through donbl.a neg4tian ' ' . . .

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ollaraot~bea tho tranaeen:tence of <:ach stl!go of ·al.l.On..tian ·as .nell •• ·. tno

'llh:.lo· "Scionoa of .the ~perionca o~ Consc!A>usnas'!•" ~ot exclndin,% tho

. :!hsolute, though the goal has boon roacl>ed and '" new un1t;y or op.i>osites

.. aohiove.d. It th.oro is fi.otall;y to be ~~ ·~Olea;~"; <2.5) a pl~e 1nto · ·

• '>o~o., " Oq ::"'' '"" -· Ooo ., ... _ 0< - ~>ooi<Uoo,; f .•. llltch nw unity of opposl.tos l'<n'oalo that the op,Po.sition: is withiii. ("'l'h~. ·, ' ....... ,... l ., ' ' • •.

'overdoc:!na ot the oppositl.~n can o.:U;y occur through action,· 'l'holigb tho '. ·. . . .: . . .

. r~.rinoo ·i~. o!ii,Y to tha.e.~t1v1t,r or thought', practice does hera boco=a pivotal,

"Aet!an''• m•.L:;... ;;.igol,- 111o the first inherent division of simple

u.~1t;r of the notion, ..;d the rGturn out of this divisionr (26) .And again:·

·rrsr this Knowledf:e,n(27) It would Appear that this ~aeant action ·in thought

onl,y, Rugal, as Marx put it, "has separated. thinking from Subjoct,n 1'rom

the hll:IQn being who thinks,_ and b;y such "deh111114nizatl.on11 of ideas has created

the illusion that tho activlt.l.es of knowloclge c11n transcend the alienated

wt>l•lc:, where~s :1:1; ·nan only be !lboliubed by 11ctians of roal ,...:.,, Novortheloss,

ovon ll"lthin !logel1s abstraotions, one cannot help but. feel the drive of

existence - time aud l'o.Uity. !legel considoro th8CI-<!it- inte~:ral to "the

14st lllllbod!Ciont oi' spirit - Absolute Knowledge~ and notes that science doos

{25) Ibid, p, 808, (27) Ibid, P, 793 (26) Ibid, P• 793

(26) Ibid, Po 797

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l!ogGl, it 1s true, remains in t.."a reah of thought .&J¥1 1dell1izes . .

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ti.llo •an llp1r1t's destiny And nocenaity" •. All. the ""'"• Ti>~o straightaway

· do011 th11lgs, Hogol, himsal!', tolls us not to forget the sell8uous feelings, · .- . .

.-: J.;,st,,b"acause we have t•eaahed Absolute Knowled&e: 11 .. ,noth~g is knovn >rh1ah

. does not rail tdthin expe:'.l.enco, or (as. 1t io ·also fJJCjlreosed) lOhich. is n"t

felt to be. true ••• (29) --- .

No mattor 'Wilioh vay ~:...u look, 1t is tho ""'vaillent, the selt..;;reating · · . ": !.~·: · ..

.... ,r~ubject'~'llh1ch io _tbe pr1nc1plo •.miB!'lyina tho;Abso~u~,·ih<ll'eby disUn-. . ,·p.is~ini; it tro11 "tbo ""PtY Absolutes• of' otber_. philoaophors •. ,aver ani o:ver ·

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· ~ over again; Hegel pointo out that "It ie· inherently the mov...,..,t which : i .. ·.•. -:· . ' . . ,. ( ~ the prccoas of knovloc!go - the transfor .. ilig of that inherent natura into

/ G:...-piio1tueius •. of ~ub·s~ce 1n~ Subject, ·c! t!la objac·t or -~o!J!S~iou!!ilC:s:i· into

~ the objoct of'! selr-ccnsciouunecs, i,a., into an object_ that is at tba sa>1e

. . time transcend~ - in ot,har !fords, into the notion, l'h.\s transforming . '

·.process is a cycle ... (30)

· It now tut-ns out that th1:: 11trans1'ormin,;; procoss11 is nothing sholrt

of ll1story: ":rho process of carryin& fo':""-rd this 1'or>1 of' knowledge or itsolt

• • 0 "< ) 1a the task 'Which sp1r1t. aoco>~pll>shas io.s actual History. :ll So that ..:U . . s~

the ahsdowy phras~3 on tho follotdng pago0 which so,.. to projoct phUosophors . . . q,.,l ~ .

1'rom _Doufutes, L<libnitz~ Sp1noza,to Kant, Fichte nn<l Sch<il:ling, actu.oll,y ·

deal~ vith epooinc hitrtorio .P•l"iodo,rJor can ·tho serious reader !"aU .A:C ,.r.: reeall·t~t hio presont attacks on "e>~pty Intuition" were indicated as. Gl.l"ly

~..;.:._(29) Ibid, P• 800 {:ll) lbid, P• 80)

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, . • o\!18 :.thel'l'ataoo• :C~b1oh 111&8 Aot~l~Lqy 'ln'itten ai'b't' .t!\o WJ!J;Ic .1(48 OO!llplotc!l). ..1·

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. . · "the .. arbitrars o&)irlce pt p't'ophat!¢. utt...~o" (J:i) ""'~ .. hio owll oonoept or ~ ·· ' '• . '. . -. . . · .

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. ·.• •tho ur1ousn0118, tho aurroioing, the patience am tl&o labor or the nega.t1ve. ,, 3'!•

. ': .. ··: ... 'rn o~~tiit1~n to such "arbitrary caprice•, Hog~l thrusts ~·ctl·~~ht ·~) ' . . ·qainst a nov,noga~'.ity: 11lCnovleJge is a,..,.o ·not oill.,r c.r .1taillt but.aleo_.ot

... .'.y· . '•. :. thn iieg~Uv~ ·or itself, or its ll=it, Knowing its 111111t 10onns. knowing. h;;~. to

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. . . . . ~ '· . aacr:l.f'ico itsa.U' ••• Xbin last form· into Wioh SpH.it passes, !laturo; itJ its ..

'"i . . ·. living :!imaedhte proceeo o:: dev;uop01ent ... •(33)

· ·.. . ·. .. · :.' ~s io certainly .an llpsid&odown vay of pr.osenting llaturo~ ·. ·Some. '.

· ..•. t~~s.philooophers ~Ve OJlaly~_Gd,tb!G lltorAurs !f, Yat~"."C&Die o~l;~ of:• :·

.. •. 5plr1t; llrong .... ti.e.Y ~e.~~~r-ev...iung tho t.:uth or, th~ ... t.o.'! ·,_.J ·. _. ·,:-~:.~:: ·. ._.·_ .. _ $4 · . .- .· ,. ' -~- . :: .: . . ... · .:··.· ... ·_. '·-·. ·'<·mont' is nut.hii.g SIF'simplo as standiJig Hogol:t-iaht-ul.do up, 'For ono thins;· :· ,_ - - . . . ; . ..

· 'H"'I;u_ quickiy eneugh shoved that the other aupect or Spirit is Hiotorz<

. A¥·· today' a ~·~mente tors ~a 11t.t tntnh ~r~Es. @"rore 1~ i::tcrPr~btic~~>: The ., ... d:trrioulty arises because Rogal BOO:JIS hGl'e to _ohut the door on alt roality

.:s~we reach. the cl.ims.ct1o last paragraph, Absoluto Knowledge is said· to h~vo

1 tound 11it• path\!&,)' in tho rocollootiop of opiritual f'oms ·(Geister) as they

<. ~-····· ,' are in thOIIISulvoo and .Qs th,.y aaoo.,pl.i.sh the or~:anizat1on c.r their spiritUAl

,. }' I . ·_9'JR· 'I, tom at once the rocollsct1on and ·th~Golgotha or Absolute Sp:trU, tho reality,

l . tho truth, tlio c""taint.v or it~ throne·, ·vi~hout 'W~ich 1t wero"'i.i£el~ss, ·

kingdom ., , Both ·tog~thor, or History (1nte1J.ootuall.y) comprehended (begri£ten),

\solitary and alone." (:34) · · . . · · ·

In truth, o.s we see, wo ;,..v~ rsach~lnot heaven,' b~t tho Golgotha'

or Absolut.f3pu·1t. Hegul t...ios sof'toning tho Ohock' or roaohir.c. death al'tb~ .~ ...... ~------ . ·~ ... ,. .. ,

O:rlto roado" should consult, along with the star>:IIU'd Ba111ie trans-. l~tt1on "'"" which 'WO quotB ·horo, the now translntion oi the l'roii!.ce ~

l'ol>l.ter J(.a\U'mann. (H<t,ol, Hointurprotnt1on, 'J:'Oxts and Commontnry,pp.,)t>ll-456) <:m Ibin, p, btl?. (34) Phonomonolo'lr. p, 808,

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1 . y v: . . . · v~,y ;p.l~~l.~ ~f{:rbeoloaiana, ,..,ong <>thoro, llav!'/ of courGe/~ot faU."'f .~ . ~.

, , · . c:all.e.ttontion to·t.ho I~~et tb.1t Uegol11U rapl&oing 1:hr1stian Thoalogs'mth .·.0 . -n·· ., · .•. ;.,, ., b~O":Il ph,~osoph,y, wM~~ is tr1>e a~·not truo at 'tho t:IU!lo t1111o, 'l.'hoo!egy :1 ~::::~ '~ b.oes-..r~ced ~~ pbUosophy thol"ojb~t Jiegel ... haviiJg apokon·abcut. t.il.iiel>llti.:~:J ;· ::. i : !Dbi'$~+d··DPh-1t, , . having been "bol!ll a:1e11 !rott the 'll?"'o o~ kllowltdgo :: j

j::<-·.1·~~~ ~::too n~ !ita.;e o1'· ~stence, a ~~·world, 4rd ~ now ~odimen.t_ o~ ·l!lOd~-~ ·--::. ·<<·,:~ •:-·~- .. . , .. .· . . . . . . . . . : .·. _., ~'

:,·:.:, .· ... ·.spidt,n (.3S)_bas been referri~ to·Oiol'e ,t!san ~thor "o»bod1stintsn of ••..ror:td · :· )j .·· . '- . . ._ ._.. . ' .. ·'· · ·.:: ~pil'·its,n ·.. ,

. . :, ·. :.: . lba wolo chap tor has beon an outpouring o1' the "sirople "'odiatiilg

aouvity'i!l. th~ing" (36) which has .lod to th~·."rol~so" or:~~irit 'in·;;i .··.

' .•.. • . ~~r~ asx,l __ s~~n~e, .in Natlll"o .. ~ ~ecoUG<st1on~:: ~nd in t.he -bk.~ ot ~~ ·n:..W . '''

. ~~·i<l):•:i:nw;nno-i. utirld", it J;a tru<t, 'ill mtld~ ~ll(ll.blo. z.:.\,m ~~ntl.nue . . ·o.:s.:;ll-:,;.1.· , • ·. , •· . . . . . . . . .. • . .

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· fr!.l'a,i'o; cooooptu&J. t.hought>acatBgorinB of Sci e.~ co· ot: ·logic ,fOI" ll\tioh tho : ~ ,• • , - • • • , ' L •, • • , '·' .·:

f.hoiiO}Qennloey"'l.'es the "Introcl.uction. 11 But this cs.nnot abscu-r?: t-h'J' !"eet th:t

. Abaola'ta r.noidtdgo 'WaS .not, aft,. all, the end. As usual, the :ond iB the . . •. :'" . ·' .. . . . ' . '.: 1'1'-<-

·, c~t1on._cr tha DGffinn1r.g7wh1oh b.;comes a new point of dopa,.~ura,4grollnd

. . _bf.eomos tbo follndll tion Zor a noll< lov<>l of truth, tho dia:l.ec1!icai dovelopmentf . . . . . .

. .{,.ot)m·i~h he mf aol!Ll.yze :l.n the §.2_ienca ofi.ogic, Jo!aitbor lmvo the objective .

.. 111>rld and the """'" mov&:>ont oollb'J to a stop. The .IIIOV&IIIont ia c04s\>J.ess. ·~)<.

s.intolloctual devolopmnnt reproduced l!Gffel' s remarks on

·:- ..... ,.

. liot without 1n·ee:•ost for tho Am<ll'ioan reader in .that this dolllll~tnt. '"''"~'" quoto~Hogol on .tho /.!ller:l.c!ltl !!ovolution as follollll: "!lho tax illlposod b:r tho Par•lillllll<lllt ·.' upon too. imported 'iiito Alooriea ·was Dlinin41,- ;,ut tbo holier of the Alncricans by acoopt-illg tho pa.l"'lent or t.hat aum, ho>rev!ll',r'Jno!gn.U'ico.nt in itselt, they would bo ,Y1.1.eld1ng at tho ' aa.m•> tl.tlo tboir .. ost prooions right, ma~o the ,\,.rican Revolution," Doth quotations are . part ot IIYPpollb' s chAp tor, "'L'h.o Signll'l.c3nco _of tho .F'<'oneb ~01.-olution 1n Hogolls Phonomenolo11 , 1n hl.s book, Studios on lllirx a.,:! liegel, (~as:tn Dooko, 1969), • ·

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i't!io',ao1.r.J1<•t=.:tlnatiot> in ·-the I·.ioa is to spoa.~.u.- !lagel·

:

··, 11 i'hilonoph,y is not an 1lluoion1 ' ··"!-'·· !t ~1o tl)o Al.e;obra ot hieto·ty.- .. ··

l.forloa~-?on',.y ·

, : .. " AG a~al.fat tha .t.an;::ible st:-uc~loa or eonsc1ousr.ess an:!

.~oii;..,,;~~·~usnous l'ln tl10 ?h~n<>m~nol'2,!:lo th<> "&abject" of The Scieneo o.f

, ... , .. ,. ''"'''"' io tile abutrnct pbllosophic cate·Jory, .Thin does not D!<•ii'h tha.-t. !logel

r .. turr.o'J to tra·lit.ional •:ot<.physice. It dooo not mean that t.is ravolt

·:·'·'i'!.'/-i>:i:-10l•s'd1;r.,.it<>1 only a3ainst tho potrification that motaphyo1es hac! undor;;one

·lfot• wora Ho3ol' s dial.ect1c cone opts a more

·~~···~c)wlt~ll"Jiooit:Lon oJ: the dyl!&!ldc to tlie iiTAt1c! \·1ha.ti.vor· elements or·.the

Jf·;~W)~[:~;~;t_;,~:.;r',. ,;oa11 ty .l:lmt' htla bo~n pros ant 1.n t.:riotc!teUan pbUnsopbi~ .it ·:';·.•.;.

:;;;:f§.:r;;·::~~.:Ah:~[~~~~~~.~~t t~{~r thi revolut1onary•p<>r1nJ inuhich !le~ol.Uved an;t;~boed / . . . . . . '

4 9i..rtr;3.;:• rliu1~t·1 . ., pl"~C":ASft in ··aatuaJ.ity G.r:d i.ri thoU~ht:

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: ' "": .£:. . . . - . ·. .: . . ;.,;.fl!•}ili'il:~g.iif.ll~<,d,Wc!!<ltl.!>sl cone opts oi' :dayfllcp~ont through contre..iict1on retleetad

revolutionary roolity. It a11owe:l nothlilr;, no nth:l.ng-in~tsolf", . '

_i~Jj~}<,;~··~~.~tr~•c~ cate.;;orioo, .no Ab~oluteo, to oocepo tho toilt of this. n9ltd1aleet1~~

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iJ:r.r,el's concopt of phUosophy as "tbn tbottght of ~to

at: one and tha oar:10 ·timo, a. ocp3raiioil !rom tho "ompty

History has its o1.n my o!' UlUl'linatin,; a ser.toito work -:- v..·:- ,!.!\.> . . I .

.ltn.l the hiotor:r of. :·:orld ~lhr I·wilf~oOz·!! ~n. t!Ut onr.J\.Pf.'P.! ::o.uaocl . li. .; ,- ' . . ' . . 'I·· tho coll11p00 of notnhlishB'I !lal'r.iSal (tho r.ormar. Social Do!UOcracy), 'nn·l; on

. . .· . ; .. · . . . . tho othor ben·! I lc:l tho noat mUltant l!llltar1al1ot or all, IJ>nin, to a no~< . _ _ . __ · , f...,., •. : ..... 's .s!.t•·l.~ otuiy or li~;ol's i·lo:llimn,~bas loosens ror our clay. j.t le.l hir.~·.to tho

ccnclunicin that •Intoll1r,ont 1do~licnt 19 n<~nror to intollit~ont ow.tm•i:Uiucn thnn'

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·-:~.~~/ · .. ::_:-~:~f~~:-~:r :~: _:-_ : . . - . . . --·--:t·:/S ·111a 8tup1d •t<>r!.&lbm.~Lil""t!04l 1deal!s10 illlltood c£ 1nt3lligent: -~''· :\·.: ,: . . . . . .

.. ,, .·.· ..•. ..

. <'.> .: .):i;{. metap'l,yaJcal,, undevlllopod, de<.<!, vulgar, static instead or lltupid," (3?} ;.. :_.:... .. ;: .· :..-':.'·~-f'~~·.;·'' :• ' . - . . . .

_,· __ -.;~i-··f.:: .. ~-;t'~~-::)·;~_:_:::::_. ~-f I:tt 01~r da.7, .1I'on1c~lly QllO'JCh, thero are Hes~ian schoWa ~ are

·. '· :·. . .J::;:;:~ ~~ .. !"'ller to r~t!ll"n l!o;:cl. tc a~adO!Uo, cloanaoo of tho "subver::iona~/rirst '. ' ·-~.!- .- . ' . ' .•·. '

. '··•; : · .;·;. ~::.: i; :by llo.n: 4nd thGn by tenilJ, that the;r fitrl the!lloolvcs in At veitablo a_.gre.,ent ·. ..• . •._:q:.:~i.-• ·- . . . .

.;:, ·:· ·,. · ;:"·\;{~:•':· '!lith. Co"l'ltln1sto(wh?, for thoir owr.. rMsonn, wioh l!egol kopt. in D. cloaod

·.••':,... · · · .. ,\:·~·.') ontclog1ci!l llorld. J;. rtr,y casa, 'ldlothEI!' ono feols tbnt !lcgGl.:!:<ln philosophy .'• .• . .' • . !'-'{.('. ,- .

-~ .. ···-....·~ ~ ·' . . . . .::/;-.;~:.:•is an Jmpcnetrable closod ontcloc:r, or the open read from ,.-!lich to dew

-~ ',:.~:~~)}-'; ~-.:.. . .. ' . . so . <_." ~ .

.':o :./)::;ij)liiMkind'o <levfllopm""t as a totality, l!lldAturno to tho dial~t!c as .tO- 11the . "·:,:.\':' ·.:·' ' ·' ·:. J..,q , . '· .. ,.{;y~;;IJ]eebJ.a of: rovolut!o'j" .fue point 5a that Hogol hi:>solt had not: di~hc~

·. '-'~ r'-~ .--~-- . :·_ . . ' . . . . : :f:) _;'f;::· r8al1t,y when ho ont<>l'O<\ t]je reala of "pure thtucht11 • • ·, ·

·:·.~-· ·),:>\.;;/::.~.- . . . -. ',.,.,..- ' . . . . -~--;' . ·. · .. ··::•<j')·;':f'··,· ;>'.· QQito th&:eontrary • ~ tllo pul.'l. of obJective histoey wh!teh:" ;_; ·, :~-\:-:;~.:)!·.: .... _ .. :· .·' '-', . . ~ :· .:- ' ... · . ·:' . . ·:' :,,;, .:;<,,;;,: grotulded Hnt:elian philcmophy it# the p~inciple or treedo10, co much. so that · ·<_<;_~-; ... :_··ct~:,- .- -~- (· - ·: _, . . _ - · · .-- ---.;. ;: ,,,._,.·";the ~·tccea~~v"""•ettlJ:ea• ... tl .. no or the w~rJ.cl Spirit" are foX'OVer' finding them-:· .. ::~:~~-!'(_,,. .. : ; .. ' . . . . _.. . .. ~.; -~-'-.~::·.·. ,~

·.·. :{<;'j;;\: .. llalvf:is inadoquato. t.o the ta•k or rfll'.lising this principle; et4 11p81"1shll~' . '. ,' ~; .. ~--:· ·-:-:~1··: ... ' . .._ •

.. '.,;· ... · · ; .!\>el'.;l Nouit- ... 11 tru" that the 11perialdn~" is tbroucn a•tfhobun~t1wh1ch is not only .- .· (' -~;-·-: ... i '._·;: .. · . .

' .. ,:',' . .-.:·. }.\.(_-; ..• nogatlon; \lut "pr-Jsat"Vatici"·" But that doosn1 t "'"""to cpeAC! us tu tho

. Y:'·; ·:.·.:··. i.;·_.:::'::,·.Ah.ooluto. Eloh realm- Beine, Easonce, Notion ... starto afresh with new

. .. . ... :;.i';~·, .. ,-~-4toiol'1.,~, <>n nm< eroundt~, and .when wa do .. ,.EU!ch the Absolute Ide~, 1t'ltoo,~'

. . . •' _:;:.~_·:;· .. ·-·i.''· · ··•·"•··· booof!es a roun.:tat1on for otlinr· "l-:anire."it&tions"- Kature, :i!nd. :':·::i / ..

· •J, ·' · · :· . ··.: .. · l'ho st>ouc~w-e or Uta Io<>;1c shous no nt.t'e.ight llno to the -Absolute; ,~<< · Pd)(ot ·:·.· .-. ~tbcn;, tha !.or.ic. 1ft a circla. Each of 1tn rowo is a ci;clo,~onl;r that, ·

·· ·. : ,· Sinci~t, iilsofal' ae P.egel is conc..-ned,· the accoptRneo or any category at face •• ". . . i'."·, :_ •

:· . .'.value 1&:;;,;. "W'.1nst>-ucte<1. Md barbarous pruoetluro" (30) J >To r.ruat ~ o:aulline. eaoh .·.:.;·.

_ ......

· .',: .. , ·--(;3?) tlh•t.raot or !fn,.ru.•r. Sctonoe or lo,•ic. I-i~At>pe~ !P'Cr-<t-· · · , ... .hOM>tho first to hn·to translated thlb philosophic commontar.)'T or

... LonJr.'"· It app~a>•ocl ao AppotJib: ll in the l?SB m1tl.on or !lat'll!itm ..... ':., :·'·'

. '~ . anrl FrMdnm, am it is tc that ;..,.k that 1 1-1111 bo referring. tlince thma, it hRo h11_d Rll"offi<'inl"tl•annlatl<>n in Hoseow,an:l tho reader

·can ref or to !.cmin's Collectnd :lorka, '/ol. 'J8, (J8} ~.!!£.!L.2.t' JOfjlt.~, '/ol. I, f.l• J6.

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, .. iC.: •r.ilth \·:b:lt ~·!uGt ~~~1,·mco i30:in7 11

>;~~:: ·~:-~ Hm-O·vo·'aro in ·tho :i~inn~" or Io ... 1c. ba.vlnr. LLlraa..ly cone throuch

·: ·:_'thO ;w;wlo ·o!. tho Il"'~!l~;.~'lco::Y nrrl rMchcrJ ,~bcolute Kno~1oc.li:-a, onl,y tG hn.vo

' 11%'0 lookJ.n~ for rut 1:nnl1ato, !>1.1\r>l. 001".<1th.!.n1 th:J.t MD 110 yot mt un<IGrilOnO

·; 1n1 r.IY11at1on, >IU c!•ould kMII "th,-o 1c r.othirr:: 1c !!<'.avon, Ne.tt.'1'o", 5p1.''1t•

_··:·or &OJ"IhOI"O oloo, ..,;,1eh do;, not cont:oin 3;c:o:l1aoy "" ""ll. aa Olod1e.oy," (J1)

> -Tito flii~O theio 11lll bo ro;>""tol at the vo,.y on:l or tho "!loct:-1co of'' tho "_· .. :~·· .,., __ :_·, . - '· ':!t. '! ' ,:··u~tio!'" - 'l'llo Abcol'lto Id<>a -:' butf."'"" con\'~ont.o:l all over a;:a1n with tbct

:/ ~~~ ro~ n01r.b~cimdn~ol "Thor.:> in no1t:hor ~ actuality nor in tbou!lht M.l'-. , , ' :: •- '• \ ,, I ' ' , '

.·: · ,~·, ''t!dne:. Do o'kplo 11rrJ nbutr4ct a~ ~ ect:monly 1.r!ll;;ino:l, Such a ot.Iplo entity_

·1s. a r1uro lllualon," (110) .... In c. \rord, r!ecOl'a d!lOl:!ion to bo;;ln tho !2z:l.c. \dt.n tho rfD:>etrinu

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· ot B?in~n' cho~:n thn ::>OVe'IIOnt or tho l.bolu k;~ froa ire;o:l~cy throae;ll

· ·.,;.u4ti.on a:rl roturn to '.:n:'lal1e~oy., Or, to put 1t <ll.!'fcrontly, uuln~ Hcaol1

• 1 •

rovRl.nt1on \:hen l'O ho.d r011ehnl Ao~oluto i!:n<>11lo:l{;o in tho P,!l<'nr,,;~nolo•;r M-l

"'101'0 ao:1t bnc~~ tc tho ~1'::':1c:.'!"T."nnoo o! th1n.:;a p.."lot, t~ro cr.to;3orlo:t ...:,. ~!n1vct'GtJ.1,'

rnrticulr.:L•, !ndidc!llnl....,,hich no ui.U not no.ot untll t:o rooch tho· ~oct~JJ,$ or tho ::o~lon in t1lO .~.:::;:.JitJolose tho ~1/C~tm.t. f1•o:n J\botraet to Concroto.

~·lh('lt!"".~·v;;o:t look nt t~10 ] " .. 1("0 ca a i::,olo or aey oo::t1on or 1t, thio nll!. h~ld

trl'!t1• :l~:;:~i!. \1111 ncvor e.llou tho ro:L:It'lrll to !'orr;ot donhlo no::n.t.1on c.n tho -r:- .. , . ""'

mt1vo fo:"C":.o. ~.tord; 1t. 1on1t tho f'!rat no~!nt1on, n:J.Y/ or En:onc(• vcrnun ..

App.,r.mco_.t!l.'t ot"Or"o"oo n contrn:l1et1on, It in only uhnn it hno ronch«i tho

(110) Tb1·l: ..rol II, P• 4'(1,

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"txlond ne~::.:tio11 thAt contrnd1~tion is traiiocondai •. ~ ·c:-;;.,/tnat you .·

cannot GOt to soco'n.l tJ.a.~.a.tion without having urdf.\l-gone ~irflt necation; ,you

bavo to nega.to 1mat 1o 1mmo:11&toly bei'ore you. But that doen not resolve

c~tntradictiono.' It 1D only tho oocond negation llblch baa the pooitive in it,

which Cl'OAtoo .a no11 foun:lation, a now bet:inning. Tho n"" bozi.nning here, now

that. Hollill has decidu! to bogin tho ~ ;,ith th<> "Joctrino or Being", 1a r:l ·:

Being ard llothing, both or 11bich 11p<ll'1Dh11 into becoming, Which la >oil&t tho

•. Hogelin11 philosciph:r is all abcut - a continuouo procoso or bocoming.

'l'ilo exposition of this cont.inuouo process of becominf: is followed

~ughout. the u;gl:!:_ by 110bservo.tlons", d'irforentiating hio philosopbJ' from . . ' .

. ' . other phllooophieo •. llowhero is this niore dat..U~ than·infl!aptor I 'Nhere,

. ,. aftor threo sru;rt pnra;;rnphs on Boln~;, Not.hing, Becoming, thore follo;, no less

tlan '22 pag~s or. 110bsorvat1ono!'~ '!Jh.at. 1D crucial, howov..,., is not the detsU, -!1..... .· .

· · ·· but. tho rol.at1onDhip~ 110bsorva'tlono" havo to a new struoture.that "!'!"'"'"~ oo~

.... · in the 11Sillllllar It>gic", that of "Attitudes to Objeot1vity, 11

·. ·. ·· ·. : In Cluiptor :r ot the Scianeo of ~,in ObG<U'Vatiort?::~ (>lhich is

& critique ot tho icol .. tion or the .abetr.!lctions L""Haing and Noth~> ...t'syfhat

~l,oming could hovw hQvo emer;;e::!- out of' mom), ll"':ol r611W'ks that "the .

i.t..at eloquent <!ascription - porhllps ·•.lroaCiy l'orgott'on, • (41} was given by

Jacobi.

·. c:0) A clocado lc.tor, Wilen Hogol proparod tho II!UCh oxplonde:l oecond o:lition

ot: tb& t::n~II'Clopod1n or PbUooonh1c.U Soionaoo, h" hac! IJ'I.idenUy docided thDt,

vhathor ot• not •lloh an att1tu:to ·.me "forgotton•, it vould 'alvays rocur in

the lllOVOmont 01 DOC0~1ng ~' 1n tno prCC030 ot tr41'lOOonding Contrndiat1on,

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tho IJUbjeet ~01!1oa :l.m~ationt w1tn all tno atn!)~• of noeation .. t must ,., .... surta" ~iu·ougb., ~~~ instoarl rolla bnck into intu.1t1onali~r.~~.·' He~ol~ tnerol:'ono,

intror.JucoB a 'lthole new auuottn:•e ce..Ufld. '',\tt:!.tudos to ObJect1v1t.r".1/lt eo~~· aiats ci tilros chsp'tm·s.

· 1·/i;_:, 'fi) ra.r r>'om tniu tri..J si{;nir,Yint; any sort ot"a.rnthea1s", it signalo, ...... ~ . ~· .. . ,. ·: . illstn:1:1, ·a d1~m8:11bel'znent, Tiwro is a roMll!rct mov0111ent I rom tho Urot i<tt.itude ,

{.;ich covors all pro-Kantiall thought - olmp!o ra1th, the oia motaphysico, .

abotract undorata;ling, scholasticism, an:l doguaticm --rt'o thu ~econ:l . ~ .

/~·thtwe, "hicb in dovotod to both !_1mp1r1cisro and Kanthnim.llut, 1natoari of

going fo..;~ard 1'rom tho O<tpil'ical and the criticul. to tho. d1aJ.oct1o - ~ni,r· . ·"

n~~.:u.,.,:~HegoJ. considara:! his dial.ict1o thG h!gbest stage, the absolute ~ thora is a retrogression to IntuitiCnalism, "tho school o1' Jacobi", "llbich . ., . . reJects all natbodsn~C42) It becomes "wlld11 , roturno to the"dog;,..tic mota.

. . . fl pb_Y,oie o£ the past from which we ~tn.rt«tt. 'nme, i~ shot-rq thb r.rua..:tiol,lli'¥.

natrlre ot the oohcol o1' Jacobi." (4J)

· .' This bacicl<ard stop 1a aoun also in ~ho t'act that Jacobi hss ra:!uca:! If•

"modi!lticn to tl1e inlmcr:!iate, ths 1nt1Jit1vo, with "ito p<lDB"HOrds, 'E1thor-Or'"

Hagel e<~Uo attention to thll f~:ot that the whole of,~/S DoctriM o1' Essonc:e,. $

•a di6cu.oe1on o£ tho intri.~sic.Uly solr-!li'i'irl'line unity o1' immediacy end

ma:!aticn. 11 (4S) ·. -(42) !!!_~looo:lia ~~or.cnhicsl Sci~ncns, S1noa "hat is kno>m

1\S thq_~S::l:.Uoz=. l¢t:ic.1•1, f~,lcl•tdo.:l in 1 t, has suveral o:lit1ons, we w.Ul,:..c,o:tnstiia:l o~. que tin.: p11Jon0 .. !1~~-to J;ho_J>arll{;raph .. nuab~/ This is paraarapb ??. -1biY ~urthor roforoncos nUl ~.1"'1" oay Encyclopodia, paragraph- ,

(4.)) )_i."-,oycln""'i~, pill'. 76 ( 411) !Ulti , ;.:~·. o6 .

, (45) I.2.!d,o P!ll"o 66,

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.-. , . . . ~rr.: :;: ... : You can hos.l" iioe~l'e anger r1cing-to .- cro_.j~Oondo '..;,.. the uone-s1dOO-

/ . J~~.v. of the Int:;ltf;~{,;~~J,:'~~~~ti'j!1'~~.t~t,tt~~ truth fron somothin~r : ,.J.id.J ~· I _b .

· .'~. ~ ariD~ from t~e "n•tu~o or tho eon~ent~ b;.t,-~..-:-o ~~ f>LINJ stibjoctiv!om•

,; ..

•,t"

"Since tho critor1Dn llf truth 1s l'ot:nd, not in the chta-~ctE!l" or the con t;..,nt. but. J.n tho r.cct 0~ con::ciousnoss. ell llll.oga.i truth h&e no othor basis th&n subJoetive knolil<>.!r,o, an! tho aSoortirJn that uo d!ocovm.• a cortaLt 1'aet in our consciousne:~s. lvbat lle disco-.•0!' 1n our own conociousnoss 1!1 thus ex.ac~orato:l into a fact or conociouonoss·of all and oven passed off for tho

·. . , . very l!llture or tho mind," (46) · •

. • ·'·:·.':)~.\) T!lo Rcic,co ot' Lo7io .makos clear enough how s~J.y ho separates • •, I' '. • •

· his Absolutes fro:> the "oii!Pti ,\bHolittos" of his philooophic contoDIDOrB rio•, . - ~

': :' '<ff OUr bringin;: in tho attitud<lo to obJoct~vity from. ~cyclops eM.!_ here tlu·ows, . ;~'- . . . . 1-,e.:;~ ........... ~ · ~ , we hope, jl further illll!dna tion on "hat wo ··t;, :tro· pointtpg. <>ut when we add

its· structure shows no otraicht line to. tho Absoluto, ·Not only that, W~

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..... 1i:J !rlla.t SA!"tro :my c:- =.; net h::v; =~at "'!:r.h lH;. G&id thAt. w:l&t. ~aH or1einai

with Eldstonu.J.iot(.w:as that tho \!kr ai>d the ~cupa.tion "~>ada us•~ >-cdiscover

tho Absolute at· tho very hMl't.oi' ·relativi~" itoolt',• (47l Inoorar as Hne<>l

· .1e coaco:'nod. the forn o1' tho Absolut<l that morges in tho Doctrine <lf lJoi:>g

was found to bo relative,evan as ito cs.to::orieo -.QWllityy Quantit:y,lieaour

were toun:! wanting'.

Concoptually, tho Absolute that oMreeo in 11.!\Y specific realm is

"/ .fotli1d to be rolati·to, T'nio is oo, !.!2! v.orol,y bsenuoo tha Absolute,. oay,' in

the Doctrino of. lJeing71s of a rather lowly kin:! - Absolute Indit'reronca)

jr>d, as ouch, it docs not "attain to E<locncc, (/18) though it io a tranoition

to it, men when we roach tho ground or Eso~noe, ~ro dena with Being and it•

quantitative moanuro,onto, turn to such c•sentialitloo a• Idontity0 Difi'eronce,

Contradiction, .\ppoaranco, Edotence, Autualit.r, tho contrnd1ct1ono only boco10o

. tho ah<U"por, Thoy nt•o not oo much syntheoicotl &a gathore:l for a life-and-doAth

struc~lo.

· (46) Ibid. par. ?1. (47) :oan-Paul Sartr<l,\,'hat in Literaturo1

p.l48 -(,'•w) r ''60 "" ~.!!.....!!. fgr'tc, Vol I, P• "i

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·Now, 'l'hothar one thinks of t.ho catogor1o• in tho ''Dootrino .,r Being~:

•~, early· stur,~s ~r tholli(l>Wovolopmont, or of proviouo oooietio~ in tho bintory

J." .t; ... ..l')(.·:t..o,, •••. {.: or unld.rd, oritr.of>Drato otagos of dovel.,plllent within a given society, a~, ~y-, . ( · . . \ ' . l!al'Z tboU&ht or thfJ tlarket phonolllena untlflr. capital1om, thaoe c,atogcr1os simply

tall •part &s one 0\0V•Js to a dif!'oront otago of' dmrolnpmont, whathar that

...... -;,. 1n history, phUoaophy or ee<>r.omlco, {. Thus, IObon Marx lett thu deoopt1ve

ephoro or market oqlUl.ity. of exchange of comc:dit1os and ll10noy. ovon ae

llegel let'_t tho 11Joctr!no of l!o1ng' with its quantitative l!leasuroMents, to . .

·aaw the crucial labor· proceso ar.d thoro meot r&lat!on or lobar and capital

·.;. ~t:~1nt of. pr~uo t~:~· be had tully tr~naoondod tho restricted He0:11an eon•l!-•

oapt. ·o.i labor (11

9)1 :~cc~•i:.!~ nos;~ or il.mitirll his o~n dialectic to foxteM.~r (collse.1ousness) rAt,~er than ~-1n•~io~ (1:1an) tom. llut Marx did not enc1 . ::; ......

' ,, . . .. ' .

bl:&. groatsst theot'eticsl vork with tbs analysis of tho labor proooss, 80 llsgol

, . :.,<_Q.,~ .. not end,Yl hin ledc vith the ~ctr1no of Ee~enco •. What io oxc!tin~ 1n

-~ thflt :seotio1i 1s thnt tho ,_i'orm of ·the Abonluto 1mAkns it~ e.ppe!rl!n~e _i."l-~et~lit,;, .. ,

~G c~t.egoriso !rom tbo-Doctrjne of Being, baoring brokcn-down'as they

i

f

!w(to raflACt tho rSality in its esoentials, l!Qael introduceD now Clttegoriss - i ''

Id~ntity, iliff'l>'Dnce, Contzoadiet!<in. To this day, pbilosoph<ll's hava-not "for-

giYan11 ll&(lol for placing' contradiction in tho conter of reality. Hegel wont

his t.'By: 11Contr..,dicti?n is tho root of ·all movomont a~ liko, and it is only

.. ,,,,: 1ntJ<>!'ar as it co.lntdns a Contradiction tnat anythi~ movos and baa impulse " . . ..

ar.cl activity. (50) As be cicntinueo on bio separa,lln 11ay from the old metaph,y~ics,

(119) Nichol••· I.obkowl.cz in about:. tho only pbiloRopherth&ologinn u::o, doop!.te hio antagonism to flo.rx, pinpoints ~ it !IllS ·that, I·J.\rJt erit.1c1oo<l in Ho;;<'l 1 o Anal,yois of labor: "In short, l!arx dooa not acoolao llo0ol o1' having trontod labor no 1f it wero a thour.ht activity. Rathor ho aocuoes him or having in the Phonomenolo~:y \lcserib«l h•:"'.Jilan history in tor"'" or tho d1alactic or consolouoncss, not in torms ot' tho dlaloctio of labor. 11hon ha shoW!! that tbro only lnbor which iio.;ol rocol';oi:eo 1s abstrnct l!lent.>l J.abor, ho baa 1n mind the ot.l•ucturo of tho Phnnomonolo•y arY.I, in fact, of de:ol'o wbolo phil<'oophy, not tho pasoagos of labor

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in the Pl)onomon~lo~y anrl other '1'"iti111:• of He~el. 11 (Thocry and Pl-aatico,, . P• 3<2) ~t:l7!i;r;;:;;:,=Y.· ,{ lu ".•U.Itlt tu_tl.W<,,{'.,_,,,_ b r.-Go.#,'t~ :;,1 (!./u.l..f<, ,;. ~t.t~

(50) Seiconcn nr Lo•ic, Vol, II, P• 6?. ' U.

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·'·1101'80Vtu", it is cletr tbo.t, oooonca ia not 1Utll"o4' oa111othing "behind" .· !:; app041'Aneo~ Fl'O)l the vory Ol.al"t" or tho 1tfJoct:r1ne of Bas~aen, Hogel establlshoo

tlie reality .oven of .!!!!2!!• for Ell same, too, E!!J!1 appOBl' and go~ to Essence

'.oriJ3" frolll tli .. unity or Eltlstenoe and AppMranoe, Tho truth is o.lwuya vonor•nte.

· Ullderetandable 'to adherents or "empty absolute•" is thnt th<~ Absolute fails • •l'o.

··to· develop Actuality 1n a satisfactory manner,

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. . . Tho contradictlcn b<>t'.teen

tlte:Absoluta. and. l.otulllity becolll138 GXplicit;, It ia true we aro n<>t racine •• I '

. ~wei•~ Absolute$, The aelt >lhich do~s ~he tr'anscoming or opJl9aiia here

. l\0.!'' IUoved from 'the al:>stract principle of so doing (Leibniz) to Abaolute

Substance '(Sp1nozn), ·11Dotorminl1 tcnesn is r.o~c.ti'l.~ -- th1u ill tho AbS<>lute

·pr·ir.~iplo or Spinoza1a philosophy, Md thl.:l truo &nd s1spli> 1nsicht 1s tho . . . - . ' .

. taundat1cn of the absolute unity or Sub~tenc<!~ But Sp.lnoza doos not pass on

beyond r••gation aa deterl!lina.t:uneos or quality to a recognition of it as

absolUte, that is, oolf-ne;;ating, negction ,., .Therefore, Substsnce lacko

tho principle or personal! t;y .. ,n (Sl)

The fact th11t tho polomical movomel\t 1n the Lode here occurs in

Actuality Ullllllinatos t.'ro objective drive ao llOl.l aa tho hiotoric· conflict

1n a tunnor far beyond a cont'lict or categories, One neode to bo ahioet

oppressively &'Wllro or this polOlllice.J. movalllO.nt as a conflict of fact (52) _(51} Ibid. p, 166

(52) r.~·roc, phUooophic thought h~s thin direct connection "ith practir.al freodom: thnt "" tho .former supplies thour,ht about the aboolut.o, univeroal and roal univeraal1ty ... on account of thia go~cral connoction bot~eon political fro~Jom 11nd tho r1•oodom of thought, Philosophy only app<oaro 1r. History whero and in as tar .o.tJ !roc 1nat1tut1ons aro £ot•mocl. 11 (Lnctnr-Dn on tho History of Philoson!lv, Jol Ic, p. 95)

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no • ,·

AD woll RO ot · 'lho•t;ht.· Th6 .objootive pull or hiotory !1111 be UZ>llll.stakably

cloar in tl:lo J:h1loneph..LE.f..Ji!!!;l1 . "'..Jh<>n in<11v1dualo and nations have onCe

cot !In their boarla' tho-ahotraot conoopt oi' full-blown liberty, thoro 1a

not. bing '111~o ~-t .in its uncontrollable otronct~ •• ,juot boeauso it in th<> vttry

eoscnee of ,.ind, ara, thnt ao ito vory aettUllit,;.". Am, 1t 1s thio whiah

liter..:U:r broako clo\1!1 the eato.;.orioa or tho Doutrino of Essoneo at tho Ptl:flO

whore A~t\llllity t1ovoo froei tho for" of the Aboclute an Subotaneo t6 .its for~ •.a Contin~ancy, !laeooo1ty, Cauolllit,; •uvl !!ociproeity>as wo ap;>roach the

sa 11th<; roalm or Subject.. })octrino cr tba iio~ion that i!o;;ol eltaraetar1zed .· . . ' -i .

, ivity·or Fl'arr.lo"•" (5)). •I

. As H'-'St!l lot us know. in the .f..~"noli>;Y ho has

'!:·!···1\,1, .. ,.,..,._r~.

no u.ao' for, "tho .1. .. .

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'-=--· '"''i~cij.O\)it·o'r.;on~s~.' \lho does not uich to co throu~h "tho sarl.ouonosa; l<~bor, tho nogativ•:i who ,wisher. to roach for tho Abooluto: "llJia .1 {

patlonce, ou1'f ar iriz of ,, ,_ -· .. . ., ' . . •• .

i~r..~t ho uald, \l:lon h\; 1 Schcll1.~ 1 F1ehtn, th(' roMntioistu · ~ -·· . ' ' ti lihot1or tho pict,<il." . ,. -~

in l!linio ·l!ocol. in .mcro to::q>crata torms, as 1'10 saw, diroctw.l in tho $cicnc 0 . ·-=· ....

or· Lo~ic azainst his ,,boolut·r:o fro,.' thoso of I.o1bnltz ~l>"l 3pinoz_a opoc1Ucnlly _. I ' • !

in tho scetion on tho Abcoluto as it apprn~ro in tho Voctrino of Esooncn.

Now that wo aro in tho lloetrino of. tho liotio!'• it uo\C:l so<l:11, on tho ......

surf'nco, that wo -illl'.l "rca.cho-1 tho ·orrl of thn polo:tl.cnl movo,nnt. As a~llinat

sot1o thirty •obcorvat1ono11 ir. Book I nnd fourtoon in iloolc II, thoro aro or.ly

two in the uhol.o ell Hook III • In fact, howover, tho polo.,lc.~l CJOV&mont in ,._: -:;: ·. i ,_)

jttst M intransl.·k,nt, bnt it ir.lno·lon~«r ooparat,.l ao it thoy 1roro"s1do . . :· . .. ··-····· ..... · ...... __ ;'

ro:-:ari:G'~ and ~ra~ rh.ror:tly in tha to;:t: • •..... ·-······ __ "_ .. l!o';ul o·~·;louoly fnol• that thn turnin~ point of the \Tholo movs::~ont

I o

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or !lotion - tho 900011'! no~:lltl.'lity \lhl.ch trill tl'nnooerJ! tho opposition botuoon

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·~t1on "'"!' P.oal!ty, two 11~no:aies 11 mui'Jt Ac;dn once &t'Yl !or. all be "negatod" _:

(J.) synthaUc co;,:riition.which ri.'Cognizes tba rolatio'loltip 1><-twnon U111w<'l"eallt,r ~~ . . ~·.

~~ Particult.r /'Gtcps clead", w1U not move to thiO second 110ga.tiv1ty, to the -" .... ~ 'J

ooncretn, the :l1Yl.!.vi"lunl1 (Zj Intl1itl.onalinm wb1ch sooo qnullityn' a..1onl.i

possible ••esclt :ir~:< Ab~Qluto no;>;4tl.vity or doublo no.:at1on. .iiegol, thor61'ore,

V&llte tc defill<> ~ exactl,y is "tho most impo::'tant part of rational. coe;n1t1on."

.J!2!! ono JllUSt hold en Ill tho posi.tiv" in the neGative: 11To t.old i'adt tho positive,

~.n l.ta no.:;atl.vo, a:xl the ccn';ont ·or the pronuppos1tion in the r~t, io the

11100t important p<ll't, of rational cognition; also only tho simplest reflact1on

is n;oecled ,to. t'urniah convictiun or tho ebaolute tl:uth and nocosait:r o£. t.hi:J

requirtMen~, •mUo >lith r ogard to tho o:amples . of pr~ofa, the whole I.o~ic . · C.o~1ats or thes~.n (54). .

. •', . i ,_,_.,.,~.,. ... 'v1·?~·~(.• .... d· :: s.' - ' . . '.• · 4.Aa-11'-4tn-1ndoed-an 1ntrano1go;ant p~l1t1cal debato against all

·-

•,

othor"partios 1~ fro'll tho SoelD.l r.omccracy (Kant to l!ogel) to Anarch!"" .. . ,. '· . . ;....,-~;.,_ -~~

(Ynt·~itione~im to Hegel), ,Leni<r><as inspir<o:: ·by tho :!ovm::cnt~ ~ctrlJ.!le of'~ .

. -!lotion, not only to ooparato hims<tli' from all other tendencies but to breo.k

t.>ith his own phUooophic past, and, at that subjective point 1n th" Doctrine

of, the !lot1on1tbollln'r.~out the rulati,onshlp betlloen tho ~bjoctivo and the

:phUosophio rno'I'OIIIento in manki:1CI 1s devalop~ont: ·• ·, . .

"!;bon He&'ll tz.ioa - somtimes ovon otra1no hi..self and 'h'Orries w doath - to R\\bsumo tho purposo!ul activit]' of man undor tho eato:;ories of lor.ic, oayiJ1e; t!tat this activity ls tho 'syllogism' tJ..at

1 . ~;.t' tho oubjeet plays thB l'olo of oome sol:'t or 'member 1n thB lo~icnl

.~- ~,J .. •rigul•o1 o1' tho D]'llogism, etc., t.hon th15 1• not onlrra oi:rAl.it1 n~t .. \'Y t· only a. .ZR,-)e. 'l'hore io here a very cJ.eop content, pur.ely t!Ultarial.istic • . , !]~,· It ia ncceosnry to turn thie around• 7ho practical. act.ivity oi

\ ccan, rcpea.tO'l billic,nn of timea, tlU:Jt l0t10 tho consciousnoss o'£ un to tliB ropotition of tho vM•io•lo lor,ical. rir,~tros in order that tnooll cs.n achiwo tho sien1l'icanco of nn "'-"ic", Thic nota bono,"(p.J4J) 15.5)

(54) !bid, P. 476 (.55) Ajijiiirrlb: !11 llarxiom ond Froooom, P• :i4J,

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'!'he Doctrine· o:' the !lotion doall .•. 'ld.tb the C&t6f:or1aa of rr:-..:!01110

or oub.i~t1v1t:f; or r...:aon, tba los1o or a movc:oent b,v 'llh1oh man makos h1msel.t

free. Do•p1to the i'Act tW.t it:: u.•.ivaro;;lij ;ora thought un.tv .... uale, ths.v are .. -.. .

c6~crnto, (56) !!ogel koopa l"eit<r.at1ng that tnTO<t whon Notion reol1zeo itsolt

tlorou~b Potbol'J\0118° o even WM 0 thr<lush tho tr&noce~ertCB or this real.ityn ,, ? • l

it il;<s "oGt.abliah<rl absolute roalitya)so that the> "rasult" 1s ntrutb"l in 11

..oro, ovoJ\ "hAn he h4s "compreherxl<rl" it all, ""on then 1t hAs .!!2S,.been

"Fopor:J.:r ""'".P""h"ndod br t"o=a o.r ,jddpont :1.11c. !the thiN t...., 1• '-<~U..I'

arJ1 ma:l1&t1c."11', or it is lohe1r unity/or it 15 Mt t. 'qu1eacent third Um~s0 but, aa thio. un1~, 1s solr-mec:11at1ns moveotont .uid aotivit,v,n (51).

~ movMent has not cu.., tc a MJ.t. The dialectic is still at wol'k,

It .,~t be.othor'ld.soa ·''Tho beginping was tb .. unl.vciroal1 tho result 18 the

ind1v1dusl, the concreto arxl subject .,,n !lor is subjective &n:~lonser· aepara~o ' - • • . - I

fr .... obJectiiroi."tho . nogation or. the> negation "is tho .innermost lUX! moot objeo"" ~ . . . '

i1ro mov...iont or Lii'e =:! Sp1rit,n (58) . . . . .

'lbeiJoott•1no o1'. the Notion expreues man's subjeot1vo cletcrlll1nat1o11,

tho n~ to maGter llimllelr. 1-lhat is beinfl' 'H'Orked out in thoU&ht o&tegorio" .... . _ · w l' .. e' · is the real hiator.v of hw:zanit.v. ~1hether~ ~ho Hege~ concept. of selr..r<ilaticll

is being nsubverta:l" ao revolution in l·!arxfs •translation," tho point 3.s tllat .

to l!egol, too, it 1a a constant_ trar.si't~l'II!B~ion of reality and of thoug!lt w!>~h

(56) The Lonin Inatitoto Archives ( 125977), oars Acloratsky 1r. hit1 Litroduct1on to Lenin's Phllosophie Notebooks (Le111nok1 · Sbornik, 'Tol XII, 15130, a:litod by Bukh4r1n Molotov. S...-elov],. lulva a rocorcl er the bocks b.Y and on HogaJ!.th4t tohin road ~ , the orit1C3l yca>.·s 1920 ani 1921, l!o notsa also tbnt the thaolo£lul U.Yi"'s ~"k on l!Oi:al so improssa:l I.enin that he 1ntorcoclocl~&ot- h1a roln.1.se trnm jail. ..i oio 3~

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(.57) ~c& or Logic, Vo:t II, P• 1;79, • (SS) Ibid,p• 478,

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prepares for a "new world". '!his is ..t>y from the outset ot'· the Doctrine of

Notion we ~ee Regel ~onst.antly trying to .set his .. dielecti~ &par~ from. K~r>,t'••

"" ... It w.UJ. always r""'aj.n a matter of astcnish:nor.t how the Kantl.an PhUosophy knew .that rolatiotiof thought to son!1uoua· existence,

. ·. -- ,_,· ... ·.,~ , where it halted for a moroly roJ.at.i<e relation of bare appearance,

a:r:l fully acknowloo;;o:! and assorted a higher unit)' . of the two in the .. ,_,· .... Jdoa in genoral, s~:d particularly, in the idea o~ an intuitive undet"--- staiYling: ·but y~t •tcppo:! dead at this relative relation and at the

assertion that the Notion is and remains utterly separated from reality; so that what is announced to bo finite kno>rlwJ~o, and

...... dG<ll.ared to be superfluous .and improper n~Oients of tholl3ht that •·.0 .. which H re..Mgnizod as truth, aod of which 'it established a J1otlon. (59) ·

vz•,_;._::: .... ;~·. · ,, ..• -·.-·.:·······~: -,,,·-: ·-.-·,_:~- .• -~. ·---~·., .' ••J - ~.;- '• · For the next 250 pages Ho:,ol has kept iloirolopin;; l'roni"the spot where" '

'1•! ;_... .. \ ...... ,. ··~ .. ~·- ''"'. Kar£ "s'tcj:pod dead" b,i putting an iillpenotrable "thin;:-in-itcolf" bei:.Hoon thou>ht

41¥1 fealing •. : 'a~~~JJ~ :~~·:~~no ern is with' th·e--~~~oi~t~ ·Ictea~· \ci· bo1 ~~e"n:_· ;!tit'!" .10:.! . _,"i-~J.f-,-~.:~~· ·:.;~_<,.·,; "':.x·.::-.•.-:.:.. , .. · .· .·.-~~! :.,: :, .•;•.: · .. j :_':.-- ;·.r:'' ., •. ,;·.-:,-.·~ ••

eyos or t,aday, wa cannot go into analysis of ho>r HeJ;el breathe:! now 'lii'e not only .· -~1::!·'1,;:_·,, -~-~ 1:···, _.;;. :.:.' :-•· :·1: . ' .. ' ·• --··:•', '.,• .".:•: ,· :_;·_,_;;:· ·''·•~•-.'\:•:.-:."; ,•,T

:'into-the tradit3.onal oatogorios of Subjectiyity-Uru.vorsal, Particular, J.ndivldual . r. 'f -~ ~; -~ ••• ; ••. ,;;J: ... r •• '! _ .... ~- . '."':'r_ ... --:· .. ;_ ··: ·• ·.'; .·-.;!•_j··:.·· ··:.·_, .

&s w..U. &G into' tho. Ju~.r;or.onts and Syllogisms , ••• and the co.tegories. of Objectivi t.Y-:~:·n .. _.JI"r. ··.:":· . .- ,,-.. !~'.;," :"' .·:': -:"-,_.: _ -•· .··'1.".-... ~ : ::···... ~':. ·.- ... l' :.··· ·. :.t.

Mechanism, Chemism, 'tsleolc.gy •• -ubicb separatod hi.,. both from scientism and . • :.- .... : .:- •.• - ~- ... ·: •. ~ :_·; ~.--:·.·· ··-~-·- ~-:.·-.:. ::,i ,· :: -·-'.' ........ _.,, .. ~.--- ~ .. -.;, subjoctivism, Suffice it to say that 1t is preciaoly the Doctrine ·of 'the !lotion

•o: ·.• 1

· '< :._ •, i • ~- ~- : '•- .. · .•• .. ··'.' .·,.' '' L ' ''· ., ., '. '. :-· ' • ' -·' •• r.- ·•· ' ~ , ':· ' ' '• : • ,

wbicli ·gave 't.oni•i DO !?;root 'a feeling of a plung6 to froe:!om that h0 exolO.imrid: ·:-·:;:·-·. ::~ ·- -·.· ... , .... : ;.': , .. '.: ·:. ~ ' .... : --~. ' : ..... , ...... ;• ... .

•P,actice in the tboory of coznitlon, Alias: !!an's cognition not only refloe'ts tbe .. objeqti·re world, but creates it,"lutl - -., ·

'!here is, .a dial eo_ tic ln." ·-,--,-.-,-· ... :~~"7,'----,-;--.;; -;;:;:-;:::.~:;;7:,-.. -;.-'7";·-:J" . :. --:·~ .

practico. '.L'bare is ·a dialectic in thou~~t. It soeros to go 1 ts own l!BY'. But,

says Hegel, in t.be vet•y first sentence, of the final chapter: "'!he Absolute

idea bas now .turnod out to be ~be identity ot' tho '!heoreticlll arxl th~ Practic.:l.

·Id'OD.I oa.cb of thove by itDelf ia one-;,lded ,,.,, (61) '!hus, no1ther' can'pass

be,1(?nd t.he contr:!.diction. ·.Anyone Hho 1:ms J.ook1n~ Tor t.nO o'nd o.t·· all ·conti-~-' r;,-_

d'i~ClOnn on(:O. wu t'Mcho.t the Ao0oJ.ut.e Dotter .LooK e.LtoewheJ"4l 1 !'or hero t.ney are 1!.\ .

1 irst t.ocont'l·ont a roal ~HOCKer ati de~eJ. l.nform')~t.ua.t. t.ho Abtoo.Lutu laua cont.a1ns

t.ne nlgnr:;~t oppoult.ion 1<~ith1n it:~ell. 11 (OJ!) lt 1ti t.ruo ho wUJ., in t.ne ~a:ne•

parac;raph, .ta:;oo t.uJ.J. us vna t.. tne 11AutiuJ.u r.tt J.u~ al.ontt .lS tsu.L~, l.rnporJ.s 1tau.Ltt

-~W} (u.l}

1\;JUfi!I'.I.L.i. <j. (l'cU'A~tlllt etlt'.l rrOI;Il1CI!!It P• .. tt/1 .,r.lut".·..;u ot J.O·~J.·;, vo.L !J., P• "t''U • lvGJ ~ 13159

,•

- : -::il>.. ' ', -.,.~. '

• . , • 1 ! '• , . ·,• ' . • • ·, . · : -,'. ' ', l. •:; : -'' . I . • ., ~ " ·: , ; t

,\f:i- ~gtu.ns t tone \~ay 01 t.ne Pnt:JnOIIittWJJ.O{S;,k'; • wnun wu ww·e ::sunt.

...... · ~ .· .... ·· .... -··-~---- .. -~ .. ;-·-··-···ll'···· Sc1enco of J..Oi':J.C. • 'Whan uo reach Absolute ·rdoa.s we 'find. it. is not a rov.tew of

the· ~~gcS _by which tt~a_ Absolute' wB.S l'e&chErl: ·. ·rn~tCQ(L; -~f' :-co-~ciCX.ni~e oW.:.~ei~;s wlth"eitltex'· the P,.st. or the content,· self-determination of the idea is f!e0ol

1s

' •.. •-· I~ . •,. ~·· -~.· ··• .. ' ,-.• •. ·~· •' ..o.,.('

preoccupation:'" "'!he ·salf-det.ormination thorofare 'in 'which· alone 'th~ Idea 'b,

. •· . .., .- .. -~. · .... ; •·.· ~-- ; -··-.· ····;·~·-···- .. -: ....... _-,,~.'"-·-,.. .:'.>.lc:: ·t•.)~ ... ~ . ..,.. ?-.aturally rsvolution..1.ry c·onte:n.poraries are· a ·grea.l; deal ·more cOncarnOO.

\iitb t:~e 'seli'..d'~tonn!na:tion or' nations: thart •btJ.ci .. :i:s; 'out' tn~ 'i;ai; ,~·.;:.i:l;;;., . . ,• ' . . . : ·•. _. . . \ . '.. . .. ..· . . . ,- '., .. -.. ' :· · .. , . . . ~ ' ... .., ., -\ '_, ,· ,·· ; tiiiPnow 'to ·aohiovo -;:c; 'is not so ·ra:r 'romovi>:f :t·ron the seli'-determina:tion' ot·

:-• ·· .. ~:b~~.:~dea, -''"or lo'r0'8d':l~ Jti.S' tiiil,Y ·a.p!iaU·-~·t: i:h•sf··s~izhi·~-··S:rld ~t"ttSv·p~'iri~:fpl~·'~:f:"": !'i!:·.-Jt1

·- .. . -/!; I h·e-~om ;~-:tlie·-·gr·O~-I-·0{ ~!j;· Jho:Le_·philoc6phiC ··s:VU'tb~;-· ··in ·hl,f· cil's~. -~~~t~::· .. ~ i~lil'·ls driving· at is 'thi:s" ."ha;;in~bo'en' wit.ies~ ·t,.; 'tfio averc"p'ml.~i':oi'' the . ,; ,,,£

opposition ·.;.t.:.oori. 'content and f'ori<l"iri ·tnoueht; '•ha 'ci'nli 'tning'-'tna 1(~T;ul' \ .... " • - • ' ' ,. . • ', .. . . . . ·•.. . . • . • : .. : ._ ' ..... '; ., .·, ~ .- '.. !,;-,

remAiris to'=bo done, 1o to' Consider' 11 tha wa.i.vttJ.•saJ. ulomeht Of' itS ·.rorm·- 'the

• . ' . . : • . • . .• '•' '· .• • .... -~! •·' I• •.

,,,,,_,_; '" Thti'ci..V'elopmont 'of wlu1t 'thO (iialectic mothod' ls as far romoiroCI f'roc'"

the;mei:hni1ic:>,l tripli.citios' of thosis,' antithesis; 'synth'asii as 6h.rth ~. from heaven., Arid it is the earthy· chara~ter of libor~ti~n,·;:,bich i.'s'the very

boile·s B.hd sfnot·rs Or Hoe;al~ s· UnlVersnis., ·. T'n'Cn~r;h tno_i aJ.·E(enciOSed ·'in' thOU~ht·,':. these 'Univorsa1s a.i•e ·~onerotoi fu.ll of liro arY.i d0v01~Prri~nt. l ·Not\ ~ingle··· .. ~v:; -::v •.

· unif~cation; "bother or subject nnd obje-ct·.-""' theory .. and· practice,. ~r"ar::li!!-eF (63) Science of' Ln"ic, /ol··rr, I'• 467 · ' , .. ,-,, ·' ' ,,_,,,.,.,. ·•··' ·.·•

' . (64) Ibid.

13160

.,

• •' ,'"J!m~t~~:--1(.\~~r::~:'~~,;:"~~·.~ r -'11:;•·,:~' ,· '' •1 ;.,~ •

}:'· >:~t~(~::~{i~.{~~,· .. '~- ., : . ' . ~ , : . · }',· · ,, i:.!· ud re:iU:~7•· 1a moroJ.F eubJ ect1v1at an<t extornal., !lor is :, ···. ·/ ·, :. ' . '·. \. . . . . ' .. ' .

. ·. '. :••) ... ·· b1a Absolutes ho~ tbe 11ee:i to be eubjoctect to tii" dilll.ectio mf.\thod:

',· ··. ····· ..

t·. '·

. :'Mthoci tharofore. is both so_ul and aal:sta.nce)anc! llOthing '-".either_ conceived

~itM;,r. 1D its trutb. aicept insot'ar as it 1a co..,labl,y subject to the •·. ' ' . .. . '

~

it 1!1 the peculiAr tasth.xt of eacb ill:liviaal!ll £act •

1a ihf! itotio,, (65) ·· ~ • Docause itu actiV1·ty

. . N'o-a, Hh...-eas up tu/!iotion, though tho climax of the three books of the . :'·

r•:sc~!<IOICe ~f'!J>gic;'""' onl,l" the firot oect1on of U.15 thil-d book, !lotion 'noll

"over,l"tblng", thl.t :!.s to say-: "the pure cor.reopondence .between ll~tion ',: · ~ Realit,l" ·.J66

) As opposed. to tho method in .inquiring, r~nal,ytic cognition_, ' ... r.- . ' .-. • •

·:. '·\.hGt-!1 'it i.'lle a ·mere "tool" ~n ~true";. that is to ""'!> d.laloct1c cogn.ition, ... ~.,;.... ., . : . . ·. . . .

;~ :

' ' .

:·•)i-':./i'' ·.~ ,,.·_ ··.···.~L~ :u,{i"' tlistinotion between means end ond, Thoro is no other ~~ay to rB3ch

~& goSl,,.except throush the clialoctic. Or.oB ae;aL'l thore is a neecl for ne11 ._.., .. '.. ' ' ' '. . ' .

No11 ~h;t· n. ba..-o· rooched. a connroto_!otallli, tt>o key cone opt of ... -·.. . t"' .

.. _. .. ; ... :· Hegol1o P¥-!o3ophic systom~ "n• concreto, it is intorr.a.lly dii'forcntlated.,.•

' .: \';:,:;· \lb'-'·1s the t.YPe of dii'ferontinticm that sorioua revolutionarioc of ·our ds:r -~ -~ . . . , . , . _.; coni'rontecl with Stal:lnisms transi'orm&.tion c.t· a. revolutionary stat" into its ·. ~L. .

• · ':;''· _·opposite,Ahavo roeognized to be .tho countt>!'-rovolution uitldn tho revolution.

,.. . .

-:,· .. Philosophically, too, Hagel 1o searching for new beginnings.

..... -Tho concret~ Univ.,:.sal i!>an'-l'ests itsolt: Ao nbooluto activity, '

. ~ ~- -·--·· .. ••· battle'. I r·~.

(6,5) :lcinnoo of Io~ic. Vol U, P• 468 (66) !bid,

13161

.:·

.. .

... ~: ... . · .. . . " .....

--?/; . .·•

:,:: . . • ;' 'i-'· ,. • Tlwt !IOV.,.ent of tim tbllolu~o blea, as o:t' tha Lot:lc in gGaeral, !lao . h~.. .. .:. . .. . ,. . .

, ,: : been ~ tt1e ,_..,0gniti011 Ct 0Jlpo3itlon5&!1<1 J'efnBill, tc> Dtcp in olgbt ot tbOJII .· .. , .. .'~'X.",;, 'H tho,r :W ... ., ~...xod ~, !!!, ae~~ing . th""' a a trane1Uona h1n em for th!DB!Ilvo~"~

-· ·-·' ·... . . _:-'.:. --,: .. " . . . .· . . ' . . d.,-(..

. ·.' :-.~.'-:· ~ 11"?.!. At~a:·~nozss of jua't bov ODJ.oo-civv~ crcunao:a the nn1verrut.L9'1 ~tho realir.a-. .,

. ~ll.tllillt the Atlaolute !dM 1a onl,r IUJ "in 1tno!.t".• onl,r a potontial Vbich

coiUic101lt&n:eo« thAt. 'l:b6 b<'giMlng !IJ not only an e;npiricaJJ,y "givon", tbat

·de~ilt'mino itool.f' through its own <l:!.alect:!.caJ. ooltoo<~evelopot<ml:l f'roa . ·- - i )·.

••

.llll-•~•t• 1S it!Jnlf a !"a:liatod rooul.t, .~ the C'JIIOOpt or tbe oonoroto au

~ . ·~ . Cc>nc1~C.1~ •.. tot.U!;t 1and thcn-..tore Aitsel£ cont.e.inn sn1C-cl1r.f.'eront1at1onl and , : - ~ ' • .I '

(/tiJnilU.,. th1s0 above all•. th~ lll<lvemnnt or viowin;; -the dialectic momont a" the

•' 1.

,·;~·:Yt.ectUa:ri.Y sinthotie ·and &nal,ytlc moment or tho. Judzmont. bJ" which original . s: (;;:~J;i<;'•md~,o;.,tU detormlnes itsolt to' bo ita. C>\\ln "otbCr" in.witably propallin;; ono,

I I .

·: 'not just to t..,e !host, but to the oocond n<>&iition, ~ turnin,; point or .the .- ' ' . . -·.-..

· '· ':: .C: ".'f:' d1Alecit1o aoui which all truth has in it ar.cl t~llouo;b whlch it alono is truth; :<:;.-·.· ,-. .

"It is the simplo point oi' no:;ativo snl.f.'-rolation, tho 1nor

: 'DIOot.&ou:t'oe or Qll aot!vity, or living and-sphoitual solf;.mo'I'""'G!It, tho

. : :./.; fer the trancoendonce ot tha opposition botwaon !lotion 4nd Reality, nnd tho

.• :',,·unity uhich io the truth, rost upon thio oul>jocti.;itr dono. 11 (~5) . ~.' '

....... ·. ~ .

•··. ·' Thil~< of it: h<li'O 1o tho 11'-'ln of tho Absolute reaching tho hoights

aDd !~bat doa·s ho potli.i atm:r at? ·Absolute no,;;ativ1ty, Is thio negation o.f.' . '-'1 .. , ·tha nogation just e.ncthor abotractlon~ Tho vcrry oppoa1tea the crux, he D"J'D,

is not tho abst;,act but the oor.eroto: "&Lch now ctA!le or axtorlorir.ation,

of turthor dot3!'ntirAt1on ,ia ala" "" interiorizstion, an:! the cro.~tor oxteno1on . ' /

1o tUso tho !!lOSt concr(lto a.'ld cubjoctivo torm ar>i th4t J<hich Clll'rioo itoal.f.'

back into tho oimplGot da;;~h i.e alco tho I!!Qst. pouor!'al nnd · comprohonoivo,~ (66)

(65) Snioneo o!' lode, Vel. II, p, 1177 (66) lbld, P• 483

13162

.. ·.·· ~·:· -. -~···.: .. ·. •t . -~--·~~{.~i;Jffff:~:~:~y~~?:~/~'-~~:~:,::•:oc~ .. ~· ·:: ~:·: •:r_··. ·-~· •_: ¥o ~

• " 1 , • liDo , : .. .', •'J':l';.t--,

/ . ! ·t(';;~{tii:;.;:,::};,. ·~bout .tb: cbaptor on the Ab~ol~te J?eao ~OgeL :~~e; up~~~ •.'' . : · . .: ::: .· ·;' -:•·' .

''llbo;le ·~by aor.stantl.Y.' c<>ntra~Un; W!At the diAlectic 111 here ~~eainst 'Hh&t ~ .....

... . '"'?"":""

~ ..

' I . . :· 1t -· 11'& the lll:iotrino or. 9oing, 'Hh&t. it becal'to in the Doctrine or. E::oonoo, '

' . . . . . . . :::: ·:aM .llcnr it 1o that a n..W eo!Ol'fled nat onl.y in tho llo~trine or. !lotion in gone!' Ill_,' ..

· but 1.u ·the Absolute Idoa in particulAr tor the highest contradiction is in . > \

cognition 1tsalt, Fioo01 th" ·VOI'.Y first sentence in this final cbaptor ho

: -:;-::•~ti-.:ot~secf tMt the 'l'hBOretical and Prs.otical .;., eacn 1'by itself ono-sido:l aal _, •• :-r.;•."•-·. . - .. .

. ,:':- :\:(:;:~o;rt.oiinll• tho Idea .Usoll' only dO D. eowib.t be,1.o0nd and an unattai.rud goal." (67) .. -<<: . .:.:-,i~'·;i'-\ .. . ·... . . . .. · .. , . . . ··.·, ..... : ;.'. Ar.d. nov tbat wo bave reaehed •tho oquall,y S,!"llthot1c an:! analytic IOO.ment11 , .

.. ::. ~ :J·: ::.=:·?_y:-_~:. ;· : ' . ·_.··,.~~- . ·.;: ·· .,'' ·;. ··;··),Hillel, ma.'<es ue ,,'trr..ee OU't' steps to wore w-a i'lret l'tllt 110th.n-" in the ilootrino

·.:~.:!:--~~~::.-:: . .- ·-- - . ' ' .. ' . '' •:~:·.- of ,Being)llhorG:tha dialectic IIIOVOI!!Ont nas conl'int.-1 to a transit1o:~ into sol'!o-

·,',:·>f:-\K·~f):- . -_: . · . · · · · " • · · .- · ·.'·,'.:'.;··''-'ctbing olOOo .Iri tho Doctrine or Esoonco W·f'Ound that tho 11SOIUOthins olso11 \ISS

··. ~- ; .. : .. '=)::;:.::..;?!:-:·. ' : .. .. ~_.: ' . : . ' • ' • . --. • · . · .•. ·,.•.;-.? •. the v.GrY thine we noro ar..aadnine, tho sor.1eth1nc itself, its other, }foil .~bat-· . . .'• ;., ·.·!'_,.,:(. ·.:: ' ' . • • . • . :.·: ,_, . > .. !:."the noctri110 or !lotion uholls us lihat lias iln!!lanont in th~ obJ<ictivo movom<>nt

...... '

''.\:' .... :f:t:··_,_.l- .. ·, ·, ··: ' ' . . .. .. ·, :.· .:>itoelt ..ao tbat it =s "its olin ·athol:'," \.~bit iu ita o1gn1i'icnnce, not ao

... , . '~-:-'~· :>··, ·, ·.. . .· . . ., . . . . . ' · ····:·::·ontol~~.oRl :rdssl.!..em's "delusion", to u11o an oxproosion or·l·larx•s, tbat thhl:o .. _ '... - . . ; : ......... ' u:can •uhaorb" tho cbjoctivo ~rld into itoelr, but no an ideal. toM\fd uhich

-''·· ' . ' ..

'. lltizel.'s ansu<n' is ~hat ~t in th" t•trnirlg point ot tho llhole l!'.OVcamnt

. i

ot tho notioni. "It is the oimple point or nor.o.tivo solt-rolation, the 1linar

IUOSt ~ourco of' oil nativity, o!' liv1n~ an:l np1r1tual onli'-rno;omont, t.'>.o d1aloct!.c

coul \lbich llll t••uth han in it All'l tbro\lilh ·•hich it lllono 'is trttth'l !'or the . .

tranucendonce or tho oppoc1tion batwoon !lotion nnd noaUty, and tho unity

vb1bh 1o tho truth, root u;n thlu au~joctiv1ty al.ono. 11 (68) Think or itt

hore ia th9 tilll.n or tho t.boi;J.ute roachinrt tho h•>ighta 4rid 'what does ijo poun:l

""li".Y o.t? '\booluto IIG0ativ1ty.

(67) llcinno.u of lode, l'ol II, P• 466 (68) lbi!l, P• 4'/'1. 13163

. '

·.' ···- , .. ,.,~':-'.''(

'':!l:{};f~~,I7'' .:# .~i· · · · .. n; . , . . .. ... .. .. . •. ,~. ,·. i~' ' ::~ .. J·,~··/; i: ; · ~n..won~- 'IIIIo. tldiike thAt the t.ch1ev.,..ent o't ·~., lleh'-rolat1Cin aQ .b~

:;·; _:· aon~lled by ll"!rel boeause he, as phlloeop'K>r, h«a attained it in tho Pruosl.Ail j, .. ' ..

:.,, ';_.' etate,' h, in t~ct:' don,y!ng the COIDpulsinno ot 4 birthti>la in histor,r''",;he.,; ' ... '\

): <-..:'·ill. ont11ne0 Ol" ~.,·in. a 1'J.ash, 1m cot a f:].i111pso of tho !uture not of !!. · · .. -~-: ·· - · .. ·· Evoo . · -:

·. ·:-.: IIWoluUon, Lut the 4P9 of l"avolut1ona, /4s llegol comcioucljr thinks only or~ . •' .. · . . . . . . ; . . ·.;; · · · : <iitterer,t sph~reo, dbciplinos, scioneoa, l:nncornecl only "1tb tho "totalitY''I . . .

, . . ·.: aeetni: aaoh as n "fraz,.ont" or a chain, oa.eb. of 'IIIIich """" a b<>t'Cire .~·· a.n ...

. ·.

··. ·; .. :<.'"attar-. ••• or r"'tho~, Raeb has oo1,w a beroro, ar.d 1n :tts conclusions shous ita

: .··.\;';';::il.fter,,. · (69) H<t ssos t~.at the "ftyst.,....tic devolap01ent 111 itoelt' a ,.ealizat1Cin, 11

{7C . . . ·-· .· ·.•. _ ...... _.. . .

. :· ::.; ::.j\And .,.;_., totauty in t!t1e for.,, it ie llaturnn,(7l)

.: ~: . );:Y::}f:.~:'};'· ' :: /. : . .l'r<ieisely whoro llo;:ol .eoandn ~~o~t nbstl"o.ot, lleOills to clos~ the ohuttora . '· ''"''i,;.· .-. " ·., . . . . .

' · .. :.~, '''t''.tlght:against tho llholfl move:nent or h1stoey, thm•o he lets thol11'oblood of ... · .:.''·''r :-, . . · . . . . · . . . ., .::.;::-the dial..Ot.lo ·- o.boolut!> nozativit,y-pour in, It is true 1101:e1 witeo as 11'

\':.e".:i'~~~~ ~o~~i~tion of opponing li~a rorooo ca~ bo overeo .. ~ by a mere thought tl"aios--:~: ~!?f( i ' -: ' ' - -::- . ',' . • . . ·-

. · · ·:. · cenc!onco, But he has, by bringin;( O!<pooitiona to theil" i:lost logical m:tr0111e , " .. ,. . /

·,:::· ::.!.-': ~.P~n~ n'ew paths/.inoll rolationshipr. or thoor,y to ·practice whio~ Har>< hncl liOrkod, . : ~.:~: .. :':.~,\.!~·:·(:;~.--_ . ,.:, . . '• .

. : :··: :, .. ,.<':.' . ··:<:out aa a totally now rolations~p.· or philosophy to ''evolution an<:! 1.'hieh. today' a . . •\?,'-- .:--.. • .. ,-:./~-: ' . .•

·.: ... ,· .... revolutionaries cnn tu:n thoil" backs on at their otm pcrU, ... ,.,,. .•.. )' ... .. .. : Pr&fassor findlay mny bs ri~ht in sayin0 that 11e(l'ol1o mcegeoos "cnn

··.-· Boll:l arid and 1'nlse to thoso \tho ·aoa nothins mYGtoriouo and r,od~l1ko 1~ the . ". . ~ "'

. ' . f~cte Of ~UIInn thouc>ht. ,.· (72) .But it, is oqlllllly truo that those who B~nd . -~---:,, ,• i'

onl;y in tel•ror bo1'ot•<J nccial revolution oo.n noither 11comprehond" an actual . .

.'·revolution nor tho revolution in thouz;ht and l!egoi <ll.d revolutionizo

: ... .- .. ph11oooph;y, Prof'ti~Dor Findlay himnolr 11Chnl.tst 113ut thoueh il'e;;;ol re."'llino

or tho worlrl in a rovolutiomry mannor,which in r:ot th.~t or Aey otb£ll'

his approach to it is noithor eo~~nsonsico.l nor' sclentif1ct ijo Goes the 1'nct

\dthin tho ""rld of' co.,on aonso nn:l sc1oneo, am doec not undimdno ito rcal:ity

phUosoph~"·" (69) Thi<!,, p. 1184, (70) Ihl.d, p, /1(!6

---(71) .t?.U. p. 118S · (72) (72) l:o.~olt .~ r<!:.!.'"""lnnt.ion, p. :Jitlf, 13~64

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,,,,. _:~ · · 1'h~ored thr,.,.d that bas run throllgho"t this tinal cb;.pter ~n the -; . _' :·. :" . ~-' . . .·

·,; ·.&bi'Olnte> Idea .. thl; a'lit,- 11t' the theoretical "B:I practical idea, t.> that r.,,.., ·; ,':,:.or i1te ~cb is the. activit,. ot 'tho lloti<>n, 1~ treo creative powr, AD:!

. : €antaat1c ae it ,.q soun:l to those vho insiot. !lago:t was talking or.J.y ot idea~ . '

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. '· . ... ; .. . .. . .., when h10 hbu!ol.r. talks or reality as lllll.l, it is !tagel, ;,ho a.t'ter :l.denti!'y!.ng

FreodCI!I vith Tdea, 'lll"oto 11ntc !dos. is not ~" toeblo .·as moroly to bavt> a right

or &n obligation to aldst without actually exl.stin;:, (7.3} That is l<Jv the

· .. : ollapter of the Absolute !~64 is ovorwbolmingly just abcut method, the now •·. . . '

· '• .- .. · .':'etago or identity of thoory arid practice llhich wo hAve reached, and net just

,>&bou~ previous i'orms of cognition, analytic or s.vntlietio, empiric or intldt1ve,

<:'. ,:; :. It 1s tho: shock ot thiir ,.eco~:nition >lhichmad~ I.e~.in ir.torprot thB last pa~re '. · '·': · · .. ·aa the ave or tho tr~nsforMtiOI\ of idealist di.aoctio into dhler:~l.cal

\ , .. ,. · 018ta.l'11'.l1smt ":this phrase· on tho ~ p&go or_ tho lode is axceroin~ly l"e-

. > markable. The tr_a.~sition of -tho lc>gicai idea 1a to !laturo. :r;t brings one.

'111thln a hlu,d1s g>·aap of matorWilltl, 1; (74) ~lhatevor onii ""'Y think of Lenin's . .· 1nterpro~t1on, it corta1n1y cuts tlu•otigh tho fo.nt.1sios of tho noe>-·llegeUans

. llho phllosophlzed omlloasly nbout 11dr.duoin011 11atm-o from Thought. Tha•t Z...nin 1o

· .. · · statQI!QRt iU not as far-rotchod as it sour.do lllll booomo clearer vhen 1<0 v1ll

tolloU' Hoe;ol1s tt•ansition froM I.oglc to PhUor.ophy of llatnl'o,_ and from that

. tc PhUooophv of 1!1ncl,· tho completion fJf h1o F.ncyelopa .:alia, not as it soun:ls

vhon it is merely antiQipntod in a oinglo para!:t'aph at tho oB:I or tho Iod c

but as it io dwol<>po>:i in full 1n r\bsoluto !lind.

'rw.s author ic not attompting an,rthin~ as idiotic as 11idontify1ng"

ltegolAnd !larx, nor to !'ly in !'ace of tho rae~ that Hegel, the most onc,volop

······· ----- · · aedio mind, the intollactual titan of tho 19th cM.tury \Tho took·such sharp

. exception to tho o:npty- Aboolutos of other phlloaopbero an:! triQd so vaJ,l_.l>!ltly

(7;3) EnclopAo:!i~ or PhUosonhieal !lcionacn, parn. 6 (74) sp,;,;"dix !.1, 1-'arxism an! Froo:to:n, p, 352 ,.

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. ' . . . . ...CU:~~~~:··himseir tro.,· ~lGse:l. ,;.tologie•, r.everth<>ltiss .;,;ied biB own

.i'l'"'·lo'~"''•bJr L;-·~ ·a~l·ies''ot Ab~olutes, In iho Phenomenology or !lind, Abe~i~te th!' un.it,y or 1!1•tocy an:l !le1ence, or lil.ator,y intollectu.o].l,y . -~ . ' . ,.

Iii the ~ienoo of: lode,, ths Absolute Idea ""B the unity or

a:r:l pr~.oti"e th..t .has ~'!"'"come al1 oppou1t1cn between eor.cept at>i , , ·.

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In ·tho lil1o.yclopaal1e ot l'hllovophical Sdences, : it was Absolutenr. t

soon irl'tcr 'his ·,eturn_from tho PhUosophY or ilatur-e writes

t.'tis 1s the Sllpl'OIOO definition or tho' Absolute•

' whore the JIPUng Marx broke or£ hie 11,::,0it1que or tho _l!ag<>l.isn

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~t..,:1116 the rarit!G:I ~t..oopha:"o o! tho "•.vot""'"• The

.lll£!i!!!£~r..!!L!!:!J~£.inttn:on.rl ~~bl""n tho Ioeld (tlu> a\Jbroo11&t_otl voreion of r. :· ·.. .··-:_.~ -~:. ,, ·.• ·t: . . . . ,

. .L<>.~J.<'I• a.'¥1 tllo l'hllMophz of Hlnio . 'l'ho volt:J:11r.ous d?l:t.:1tos on \ ,. '' . '

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'~;~~~,~~·;,t~liri~:~:~~ .--.~.,-.. .,-·u··.:· _:t-,·:ifc&t~~.- which eave lioi:,,~s, to \.ISO !-!.a.rJ:'E!.-pbrace,

,·:';~~~\1:~~~lu"!i;!id_bailtia:cw~"-· l'.t~ve ~~- ~t.;l'l'W to tl~· dey won itoot i!CCW. D~:>olars (76) .· ., :~· :. ~ .. _t.: :·. ·, ... .-. .. <' ••• ' • ' • •

· l'hho!Wpl\7- or llaturo, , .Th<> l'easo'n for thi.a n"C:l<>ct .\ .>. /;-;:. ' :-·

that eeienca bas ..Wo nuob craat o~\'l.:ion '·{ .i ., . <: -_· t~•_,, ; . . . . ..

;rb1tl 11118 not th" roaoon tor !b~rx'a .,

r or :-:ootol to co to ·-1 .

. lo•ic 1o, thoroforo, th~ proof tlll!.t &b~tract :. .' ..

-~~ th,o A~~o1,uto !doa is nuthin;; for i~soJ.i,

~:~~~··~~~~-~~~{~~-iltl.b~~·;·'l(?i') .. In d~'".'ll' so, conUnuM !i3~'X 1 li..,;eJ. falls 1Jito . -~·

atteckO<l· abstraot un:l<rruta.n:ling, i,<>, tho

-:~l.t;Grtt;l:.\ii~:t)~llt•~tiii~¥:t'-~~-··i·' bo!;woen. S®jeo t ~:! Qbjoot, thorub7 >•ov.W.~ that ··.l . I ' .:

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. • "· · S&t'A ~.to er:temal:·retJ..tioll t~r Cl(lll~t wd ob.;.,t1t1ct,Uon or the Ab!~Gluie . ~ Md ~ !">Ia~ 1>7 the;dtatetdUcat do7alol""'nt. ·.:>r thouchtt the .,.,.. •

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~lltJ,oll of. w!l1ch 1e !h-at ill1Ue, ill rcalltg - !JI.ture -would not have

hlllptl<i fill' IWa t. .. ncilhfll"e to be nen, AI¥! ho:'o !'.&."X laoho:l ont &~:&inllt llot:el · ... ·• ' . - ,.· .· . .... '\ tt# ~"'~. Vth1nking £rca the Hlll>,loot•. E78) .. , .... .,_ ul.onato:! rr.,. hlaselt.

· · ,,!JI ~ ~ \hLike>" ~ ;.; ~"'\"torl ~ro• _hi" OD.if4'!cu~ Lo,, hie nAtural. 41>1

lm!>ut IIIIIHIIIC!&o· II1SI tllt'Uilll~ are th ... .oi'oro !'b:o:l jjpL-ito, rosirling outoHe :.' ....... ·• ·. . . '••.· . - ;" ... .- '_· .

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. A:;::',.\,::\ J!':,iJ :IJI&W~••. '111u8•';·~'·· ~ea~.!..,in' tro• the ohock t.bt it .was 1'or11191, esmb-,_.,·J~--~'-i!~:·~:-·~:• .. :-':··_,.~_.· ... , .. :,-·-.·~· ....... · .:~. -';' ,':"'-·' ' •· .•. ·" ., ', ' . .' ·'· . . :·~::': '.i"'· .:·Vf·liahoi\hii&t""'al'i'! J'..,;,.,dsa that betrayod tho prolctal·at b.r vot1r.g credits 4o ~'- .•. ·: . - t •. ~· ·.: • ' •· '· l. ., .......... '. --~ ... _r.••:~ •. '.l'). ,· j,'•.:. J:i: .. <; · ' ··!;!···the EW~w'• ii....WW. s.it' ·;.:III • . saw. O'len Hocel.1:s idaaliuo in a nov ll.<lht. Ari · · ,;,,;.

~-_,.: ... ~· _-:.·~;·-!' •. !'1;;~~7'::·.~.: .. '·~:·~~-"!-:·· •_:.·.;_.' _.v;· · .• ,.· .• ;·;-,·~-·:· o'j.i:.'·,;,·.• _ : '· t" i:}.•:,· .•. ; ·~~;~t,!;w6~ • .- .rAnia ~~~~te.i tho.l.Ut."" &o o! t.ho•toeie, 1ml.ch pol.ntorl,

. ~/.-·.:-:· .. . :·(:), .----~- ·: .-· .-;'::· ... ,· ... :;~·.:~·. ·.::: :-... '::.:_ -~ ···:·: ·. ,.~.:··· .~- ¥!..,+,~·-;; -::r ·:~;-- · .. · - .. . :·· ... , .. · ... ,.oiit·the'.traneiUOntto Natm•o..,; ~llt>,'otehin&" biird to m~~tor1:1lllll:t•" Tbo

.. _-::~·_:··.····. -~-:i'·,· .. _:,' __ • ' ·' .. 1-' : •. •. , ·i\.;',; ·-.... .. .. · ,. ·-;; ·:' Gl.eettti•oi' •tei'Win10~ Oi' objoctivit,y, or practice, or a wrld outoido or,

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. . .•.::\·:~~:.~~~<·, ?!~?·:.~;~ii::~t-·;'< ,, ·· .. ', :(, .·- ':i · r;,thfl ~ool~~o po'~t. ,lfm pildod, Edutantiall.m, vhieh wu er.:;aged 1n ·~. ;! ' 'battle v1th tbe narrow "dotarldnin" of: Fl'oneh Collllll'.llliOM1

d petd.!ied l!lrxl= ... :.: •.. · . ·.!.· •. ·~-~- -.-·.. • . ·'

,;; \dlieh u:luoed 11'/llt'ytlll.ng. includin;; 111ewf.r am. nature, to """ttor" r"'JUlated . · "

. .. · bJr. tiJ.roon 'l&w3" ~~- oOono~O am_· aci0ntU1o. An'l be.'1avJ.o:ra1. ball oct Hogol t • profunl1ti: j . . . - ,_ . .....

iA ana4-o1ntt. NAture !a 11«d.orl.o1•ity•. 'l'ho post ~~III l'roneh roviru or I!Ggel ·· ...

utu:U"" nu..-vived tho opllt 'Witl:.in E>ciotuntl.Al.l.,..; t.'11o ti. .. o on tho quoatl.on or

roality. ·unrortuno.tol,y, H.orlon.u ... ?onty'u '!'1l.-~ 1'\:!vn:'\tu.!'C"CI or t.ho··.,11tl(. ... ";t1o con- ·1 t1moc.l tho conl'illo::aant or tho H"col, as woll aa of l·:A!'T. to 1 to omu·ar1!'1aJ

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. · • . . .. ',::' .i: i!.t ~t ~e.- wtiie~ 's.u.\ Da'ope had :Ua p,.;,otrato, 'llitne~aed abiiOl.utel,r

anF""ild""todo tn~all,y D""'· '81""'tor.:ooui: pli'Olutarian l'IJ'tolto !l'oa wx!Ol' tctal

ttiU''w r.omuoi~~a'• nve:lol"itohip, '.these nev 161lpll to trocdc= ;ted to totall,y

PbUoaopby ~f l!iatcr1, thr~o vol.m•e• on l!l.atory or Philosophy, !cur on

Aesthetics 41>'1 thn la~~t CO!Dplotfl ""rl< !rc!O h1o own pon, Philosool\y or l!it;ht.

Nevort}\9locs, ~,n. in .th"' abbrev5.at00 "rosien00 11 EnC:\rcopa«.!1a, eo boady 1o 'thu

IIIU'tb.J qU&l1t1 oi' FroodolS th>t it !.:J at1U bolllt. into the very otruoture or

tl1n J:1,_'11f!.::!::~h.!-~ .. :?!" -~~.~.r '.•.

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·:. ·· · .bdlt• 'l.'boqh 1t wn~ b1' tlJe ...... or World Spr1t am """" tb&U: ~m. on:.1' .... · .. •

. ':. tile ,"'laiiirut..tl:on" ot Aboolute Sp1r1t, 1t. n• ..;_,.18 th•...!'.!!YY' or trH<1011

... that Ot'OILtod t;h.· oc.m1t1on• ror the ,!'l'eec:!om or the odn:l. Evon H81!ol '• own

r...J'c~t~on,· ~ot. with a rat.1.oMl but tbe OIOdt 1rrat1on&l oto_to ot l'l:'uaai&, ' ' . . '· . . . . . . . . .tllbo stul.could nut,, in tba. str1ctl7 pblloaoph1c development, pu'< brakoa on .

• ' ... ,_.::;,·.· .:<>.:'nms~;~!>• ~~.,TOllY t1rot parail'&ph or th~ lntrouuction to tho Philooooh,y

; ~f' ~<<.so_'>H.;;...i~.;troooeo ~he n.,;_nov that"" aro racing """"'"genuine '1.i. t j:O. ·. ~-:~·. ·. ··;;· . ···.-·......... . . '~ . . . ~-:~~!

.· ,• . .-,r.~t1'"- ~th•.uni"""ilal_. an •~ •aon•.; llaturall,y, H<>gol addo 11 .. nd that &lvays , ..

. . . .... .... . . ... , . . . . .. '\~ ·- . . ' . . . . . .. . ( autlt,.l!e~ .,~ ••inc\~~::i,!iut;' f~~~t, . ~.ra}1l!irid hao tor ita l!~esuppoaltion N*ture"(Sl)

" o 0 0 L ' ' -·~I < /.'1' ' •. o ' · . <.:· &nd;. •econdl;r1. the' ,ldent1t,r.h.,.e ot .oubJoc~ and obJect, does not eocape 11&baolute 0·,' ·.:·:;· .. ~._:':-····., ·:'-· .·;. .. :-,·;·',;•:'~·-~: ... ~~::• :''; ,-: •. ·,···,''.,,:.:· •. " \., I

·.:-' .. :; ·::_,)111f1i&t1~it.r!';to.l'- ~~;; 'e'S•entia;L, teat)!l'e ot ·111.\nd 1>1 111o L1bert1'o l.B., u' is th& ;;•·. . :::::·:·_;'~··;·!:.:.;._~~;>~~~j~)-·f~~;f_·,.,._.,,·,~:·;··'.~Y~._, ··: : _.·,_ '·: ·

· ·.,,.,. · ·. ' ·. aotlcli/(,•baolu.te> ... nagatldt,r .. o'r ...• eu~ldent1ty." (82) .. ·. .. .. ,. :~·.:.. ..-.~· .. ~·;:~~~:.:r~~i~;c.~.;·r.2 ·.~·~-~-:, .· .. ,. .. ~~,; ·;· . ·. ·. . . . .·. ;-:···

!- ~· .. r~· .. ~~f.•.~J~~~}~l.:1.~,\~D1,~j_,.-? .. t;~~f.~'!S~~~ "~ ... that Ho3el's concrlpt or freod.om !.~'onlt ··

~ ·:-. ~f{ -.'-'~~ .. ;~~~=~t,:.i~~~·:·ii:;~~~.'~i\r~ .. ~h~n .• !{!ig~i r.oache~ tho latit ~aragraph or Section .. 'r

.·:·'' • . .--.-;~_·, __ :.~_.·-:-·:;i~~~:';:~;;:,··-~·c~~;_-_·.:.;··.~,~ .. ~.;.-· . __ -<·, : .. - .-:···. ; ·. ~:1 ·,·, .~ :( .. ' .\.'Ji, ~t';~~~!','}~'.'V:! ,~,. ~·"\~d -~ b& spelJ..s it ou.t a• actW!l;. full-blown: ·

:'· , .. · ·· · .~:::~:~=~~;~;::-~::::::::~g~:~:::~::::t::::: .. m: .. I .· . ;,;.fi:~~~~~J~~~~ ~~~~.~ ~t. i,s.t~·~e:7. osseno~ or ,ind, a,.l thAt as its verr )~/~

. :y.,a~~-~1t,Y.;·.:·~·;:tTh_8 ~~oks ~ Uos~o, Pla~ ar .. i Arie~tl.e, oven the Stoics,. ·.:;·}:t.r'/ . ~ ·,·.~-. i~;; ... ,~ -~. ~--~ ........... :.·. ~ ;:~.·-\~

.. ·.,.,,,dld.not'hl.v.oolt.'On the coatrnr;r th.iy oa" that 1t is onl.l'Tb.Y b1rth (':e .,.gi ·l::·:·., :. : .... ·_.·.'.:.: ... :~\; :{, ·:.-l~~:~;,~; , .. ,·:·- . . . . . . - ~-\ ·h '<i' .: ~··Atlioa4n;or .Spartan oit'-oon)~ or b3' strength or cbaractor. cxlucation. or : · ~\;~ft~

. ·.~ '. ~:::,?-~:_·; •.·· :-·J~···}.: '. -.··. - ·. ...... • . . . . . '_i' i-l~~t::,t. ·! 'phUosopby (-the ··aea b rr .... <nten 118 & slave and 1n cbains)that the bwoan '· : ~ ... ,~,.-, . . . ' . . . >~ .;·:!~-~

--:--(79) SoB tho Chaptor'on Automation nrd tha :law lhwl&niGII in ·.; '· ·j V.nr)."ximl and FreB""Iornl also !-lorkorn 11nt.tle Auto:n'ltion by .Cbarleff Denby. ' Oppos1.te conclueion ~han ei thor tho:~:o drawn by :11yUolf or tho auto ; wxok~r. Ch:.rlos Donby1 wore made n?t only by 11Gc1ont1ots" but .Uoo .!

.-~ by phllosophe":'S from tht3 ZX:!iltentir~ist to Horbort Harcu::~o. (See hto Ono-Dim(1Dr.ional ~!.an.) • • _ .,-~

' (80)-PhilvOO'•hy of Nind, pal-a. ')'17 • (81) lb1•1, para. ""'5ill7' ..

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(65) Dokunont~ zu nn.rel. r.'.ntwlokl\Y!ll,, quoi;n by Horbert ~:arcuua, •Ull!ton and :nvolut1on •

~-t1ncl, para., 461.

-::;-(84)_· ~Ibld, ;

. { .; . ._(66~ PhUooop.!!.r.J!r

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1eol.lt,r. 7h., tault lit &11_~.,. ~.:·lit thonght. ~:.: l

· &ld irate~·~· that t.he,r stOp. short ot detiniits: enb•U.nce as onbject and u ldnd.•(87l" :

·. ''i, ~ ..... ~ol'• pr1nriipletro;. ibe o~bet, bogl.nn1n(: with the Pr~ace to

the ·Pitd,G,..;;.;~·;; "Hb<r~ he told u~ tbat ·~ spirit lit =n baa broken with the ·

11ld !.rdar ot.W.age .~~ (and ~et &!xlui lts Ollll tranatol'lll&.tlon.• It r..,.1ned . ··j .-,··,. ;,. :. ··:.:·. . . ' : '_;· ,- -., . . _·. '. . ' . .... .

h1ll•pr1no1pl.e .tlu'ougbout,· ev'..dancea 1n tbs last leet,.e on the J!l.storz or Ph!il-_-,~• ·:-~·- .. ····_:, .. '~--:.-,.;._ "·) .. ~ .· .. _-'. --- .. ~ ·_· .· .. - '., ..

:· ,'2!!!1!!lt;io)8!Qi•:.......,ned hili ·students •to. g1v• ..., to its (Spirit's) urgen<>J"o• ~-_ .. ,: __ :_; .. :;,:·\·-)·.::,:.· -u.~:-.·:_,~··"' :.~.--)- -.-· _:_: __ ,, :- ··.:· __ _ ·; . . .

··,. ,niiof~;;··IIIO<i,<io~~t' u:-.1iit1ih1; toroo ita w.y .,ut; - &nd "" b&ve to ""''"' it. . .. ..

· fi>it~~·?i;~'j$\tt1[~~:.~~,;i;i'~·;: :;\r,i1~:~=: " : .·. .: . . · .•. ··-·· ;~:,::; :: , ::~·, i_';d;~WJ.!~i~~Jti.'f_·_ii~'i;~~.-'fi.~. i_·i.~tui.i '·the !.w.tcldment• cr. the llorld Spt:rit. ''' ·· ··

·' .. ···~ yJ'.l• \ ,. ,_ • -:;.~·\' •. ,._ ••• ,.... "' .. - • . : • .-·· ••

. . :'·'.~~~:ii;;l~\¥£i'~#!~~!~i¥§l';,~g.~: 1i the cibj~tive puLl ·.r the d1al<>ct1c of. . ' ;;r:; · : ~i;~lt.~J~i{~g.;~~~:J i>;,nc~~~ll; to ~1111 llpAr&ll<llW with u ·- that o~~ · ~::zz,

.···:· __ ~.i_,.;~~~:\r:li·'.:· _.,i;--·-:;·:·~v .. --..~·- _::-.)•-:-i~•,t;·-:. · _..~;~-~~·:··:_. · .. ~--'• · ' .. -_ · · .~ -;.:i. ~i/~~-\ -'::_:}·;\_~~})~~~j~9o,~~,,~~~~~~1(~~an".l~.~e" ~,; Ab~olut<l as _n.,..., sooi .. t;r. Atte all.,_ ., :· ·,

t.'.-. · · .::'.~-:·p~7-~tJ:.ij1!!-iJ~lb~.:_;-~~r/~~iG:ri_.~- n~··new ~rlci."-··Let us ~ee wbst Hegel:~·' ~~F\:,.--- :( _,_._: -·;·~) -1~<f~·~:~-\~ft:: ... :·r;.~_i:::: . .-~ .. ;f.·:m.~?~.:r~~t>"'i~.4.',;-":;.. -.. )-.- ~.--:::: .. -. _: •• :; . ~·- ·": .'_. . -- . • . . . -~--- ~. : :< .. : .. .-.-. ··)''··t!Cf·;~v: &•l'.b~·-;ppiiOlt.CJte~~~-the-pB~Ul.~t~ :Dr;tds iit8•a "'-ork. Juut aa .Hog~_bad. · . ···· ,: __ ;.#:'~~~~·~:~(i~~)a1iJ~:i!t ~~:~~yclo~edia, orMted room for the oumm:t~~ <~·; ·····- .;:._. -: ~~.!-:L·:~: .. :.~ .. f>_ ·: :~.;,~ .. ·~:;~:. ,. r.;-.:.>,t~: ·;·(: ... ,:·.·;~.'· . J: . • • • ·: ... -

·:· ,._,, of''W oiinT.8nd·.~lid;b1~t4r'-O tu>d pbllo8oph1o attltudoo to object1v1t;r b:r , •. ·

~ .;~ j· . :.':·::' :: ~~'ttii.~.;~it:d;l:u~ ·3 •ittitude~ to. t.bjeot1v1~:r, so .in the :r.ast :rsu bat ore ": ·. . , , . --~ ..... , J., ··s ..

::: •• ·, · 'i;l~l ~J;;:,t.iettJi~~·~~i>r~ins'· th~ l8J6 ~; be added ) nev o;rll.ogismo (p.ora. !~· :::

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, ·_'·,··~~~~~~~~f;(~thi;~~~':~~'h•:·~etur~e u8· to tN!t begi.Wng,. The !irat or the 3 ·- . .-.. ~,\t(~ h~;·~~l.i~~t~Jf~ads: "The rU:~t app~~Ance io fon>o-.1 b:r the o;rllogism which 1a L;~;~

l buo:l on tho logiCAl s;rst"" as starting point, with Natnro fo1· tlu; m1d1le terlt ..

which couples mind with it, Tho lo81cal principle turns to l:aturo an:l 1:aturo

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l:.ot:;1o. t<>o, 118 l!llat. ' aot.· fc:'g<Ot the. Abnolnte idea ..... gfJ<\' oat or t!te 1'1-actl.CAl. Ida wb!ch 11e """a :····· :. . ::•: ~ .•. :~··· ...... -.- ., . . .

· .· ~told """,b1gbe thu. th.e .1'h~retieal. Ido"· eir.c:e it ha.:l not onl¥ tbe_ "d.f8n1t.r" • "'. • ,._ ~. 1- • • • • • ". ..-"!_ .. : • •

ot tlse W21"!'ez-a&l 1 but ti&s "1Med1a.te:';,r :l.iJtUGJ..a " •·' ·--.~-- -; ·-~\ . .::.·.r . l .:.··;. • · · · \

.onaumoon,~" .ci1tficult1ee.1n underatw~ the "'!!!""ont !'roos pz•cot1oo 1n.. • ' ,, ;.•.,. ~-._~,. :Y;.-',~··>. . . ... . . . ', . • '

Out- as:~ should not encounter

.:~f~"~.\':f-:~~fi,"-!'1· .~J;~::a...;~£, ~b~~~~t~ ~r~, .t.t .a after aU.,.,. poet~~a;

. 1101'lct.' th&t pulled ~.;u,;,. d1alaotioa·out i.r the aca~..uo halls an:! phllosopJb1c • • ........ '·. •1.1 l ,: -'/I",",' I' I.. - t _.,.·.... . -· _-- .•.. '•. ' . . . . .

. ~ok~ ~i{ ..;·tJ,~ui~ ·.ta~iot M.st.o.-,r. It.1s t..a .. tr.at th1e trans!'orm..t1on .• -._·: "i-i_:,:; .. ··:'·\:.:·_>i-'~-~-::_:::·~:·.:'0,.-'·'·:',- ·-: ......... , ·: ' .. -· ~. . ot llcgol· ii!to:., .:coatll>llporar.r baa .li~en da !{arx, . :-:, :·. '.i_.:· .. :·.·t~: .. ;·.-_-~·:·~-~---\:~--~~.--.·.'·~-::_..·! .. , <t .. · 1-~ . It u no aoc.ldent, .howev.,., .

. that <D<!tebliahecl. C0DIIIun1Blll' a ·att&~k on l'.arx h&o beer. via llegal. Because they ·-~·:··j· .. ~. ~- -::·"·.);_, ... :;~·/~:< ·:-:·:)'r"·· .. :··~- \-.:, ;_:· ;:~·.·.:., ... · . , ~

'·'·' :·- • .••. r~~.~~J~ ~~;~~~~:j~~~'frs,t'f~,A~~olu~ "tl>.o :teg!'~on ot tho n"f;ation"

:zf[::: · ., :~"·~;·~,U,~~,,~~~'~'·~~Ill?"!,,~Gl >"<>mdna. Jlo alive and warrloome to tho

;~';;·'· . •· Co111011111lst.rUle~.,~toc!l1.)',.,-, 'l'ha !lunea1an·ilovolut1on stlll haunts th..,, Fo.- ono. ·~.i>:·;-{ .. :·· ·.t~:"-'"<\~:~{:.".:~<·•·····:.'<"·· ·., ... , .. ·:· ·. ·:·> ,. ,'. ·:. ·'. . . . ·. . . . .

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.'·'· : .. ·•· .. ·, tb1ng these,,1ntellectiutl bur.,..uorate seone co!'l'ooUy, H&;;ol's concept of the ... _:.:../.-·';:· .... ~;-.:ilr:..\t-'<:.:,-;_~:J-=._.J~':- .- '·;·: :, '· . ' · •. ·• .

Abool.Uto'tin<l .. ths,itttwlllit!onol:~tr-~~~:el~ tor rroe<k.m arc not as tar apart ae . . ·:. :~ .. •,-,.: ;:.~t)~ ;-~~-~:f· \"'?'·-·:··~.·"·: ;':'.' '·': "·.~·· ' .·. 'l .. --~ .:··:- :;·.:_. ... • . .., · •

:•: it· 110ul.:! ai>J>tiar. on tho silrl<1ee" :-- , ~:_,.,., .• ·.::.~~:·.>~-/ .:''~'-:,·:~~;.,\;.'\·... . .. _;~·. <.~. ,,. _,. '. ' . . . . .

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_,. ~f'. ',fi1'!il.<~ll'l:latdOO, cit;a·""""' .. to this m•i·ter, io ·to ba aware, avon oppress-- -~·, .... :~~~;1_,__.. -~-~·~~;:~~·· '::· .• •' '·~'. ·: ... ,... . ' . . . . . •. t· •. -•.

·ival,y iLwar.t,or.·tbe aJ.m;,le·tr-utb that llsgol'a co.te;;;oriea are not only pormeatecl ·-·'',.·~;·: : .. ·:····:·.\~ :'·:~· . ·:· .- ... -~' ·.. . .. . . .

llith rueJft.r,:.but.:the Idea .. itooolt ie >'Gal,. lives, DIO"l<>s, ,transforms reality.• ... · . .-: ... , .... , •. ·;• ...... ,_ ..... ;-- .f:_.-"':;-·:· '"· .. ;, .. ·. ' .

It wao, a1't6t'.&llo.He&'cl;:v.oo at. the vm'r.Pinnacl<> o!' the systo:. wo are nov . .· ~·· •. :!.~·:;,_:~:;,._.,._·, ... : .. :: .. · .. • ..... · ..•• :: ...... -~~· ... , . ' . .

cons.ldel'ittg, Ia• pointe:! to :·i:ha tact that thoro IIlla aamov.<Deitt· tro111 Nature or ' -~ .. ---·~.-·., .. ··'_:~ ':.:·,;-.;~-":~_:r.o:·)::: .·:t:"~;··~~:··'.:.;:" . . . . . ~ praotiGO ~ ~:J'?gic. '. :··~.~·~~·.: --~1-~L;~r:>!·: .. ~'-· ::· .: .. :. ···-~:~ ,: .. : .... ... :-!,;:·~·"'_--·. ';.. .~ ...... ··~·--· .. -~.

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'I<;\ •lilT becauee'U 11Duldn1t b8p~ ttJr lla"<l tlwl a oentU%7, but because, as a

:phllO~Gpltm','icolate:! 1n e 1Yo'7 to_.,·h<t o~uldn•t.bav•Lug1ne:l that IWiaes

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.·,. ·. ~'IIOts.lti.,;th~i!o a..u·~ncl.opsont t•atber.tbat of w .... , or the cnatodU, ot 1da .. ~ the ~bilosi)J!h•s -·1<0alcl ~~uie, oo' t~ ape&!<, "the aboolate Mgat1vlt,.•, unit& . ' ·: :;;._ . ·.' _:· '. ' .. ··' ' .. "· ' .

tzoMdOll' Aild PMl1tJT,: lhrrerth.teoa--. ~ t .. ru prec1oe:l,y lios l!eg<l'" genius-

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· · Hqtl.··ai>T.,l,y·•.c~i:ldn't•keop'liliie~. tro,. oarrJlir.g through the development ot az: :: .. ;.--... -.. ,>;_.;:.\~·.· __ -.·---~;";. _:·.·: ... ;-:·::..··;_~---·:_ ~j-~ .. ·. .

ldi·.to it8•~g1cal cori6lue!oal0•'.:tot .;. iiet!' follOw hie as he s~wa us how '"t>lre . . ',, .: :--- -~·:_. ·; . _. ·_ .. :,::/_·: :' ·_; __ -;_·; . -~. ·: .. .. :_\~~:. :_ : . . : :/~··,;-_ ~- .. (: :--' -:· .. ·~-· .. ':. . .-.

·!!'J!d.;r.,,,s.t,;elt'j' .. : a~~.atlit'e:·st«idiilg btit.f...., •tlwii3.Dd 1100 its essence sunder . .- itselt'

' ·.. · · · t'~~.,ti;~f}~o~ ~he;~fuJ.~~;'~~"i,;,t~~trd,:.. ..,;,i-!latUl•e is essentiall,y define:! ., . , r ....... _' ' : ''· :· .,,. • •• . . -·, . -:,~ ·•,· : • ,- ••.i·.·' ·.:·_ ' . '!; ., •

:.; · .. ·:·;. ·•• .. · ~~,f~i,il~~·: ~l,ilt!~-@~i~~ati~~·~.~~,;;r ~ · .~ im]>licitl,y. tho Idea," ~O) 1-·\ ·.• .-.·: .. .-.--.;~··--:--·'\..: .. ;·~~;- ,._,._.,.·~··t:-~7·.~·-.""--: .. - .... ···-···' . (

; ; · : · ·: )r!~;r-_~~ ~~.f.~: tliif:{~·'~~~ iiot i!i':Cbjeot!ve ~11M, bat 1n Absolute M1nd, '

';.;: .· ::,: ):C,{~~t:"ifi~··~lifk&"hi~Jt~~·;~~~,;,.. ~:..;,.int i.tjje flltt».,..,s or !1n1to abstl'acticns, . . :(~· '; '<}' . ··.t:j;~~i-~1~i .. ';?-· ·."' . J~:·f~!~"\::.!. , .. :~-"~:l: 1t :~-. •

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'' : .. i'o•i·.:;;iiliO!'~ait 11il!l'o:'Unk b&~S\¥l'l':!o.tiaci: otnci theor,y,. l!o1ng 11il:!;:lic1U,. the idea• : ·;.··:: .·- ..... .:· ~"j(:·,·:.,:·'.',:~-,;r r:'·}~! ·::--·:·.-:~-:~·~<"·?:~·~,:: ...... ;·,~-.- · · .'·'.,,· · l. Pzi~~iui''i<n"rt6efii~~.i,.ll.O!iiii.~(2J.)·wt,ere Ge1Bt, "a" ,.odiating agent in tho .• , · ... · ·.,, .. ·.1•.,;. ''":·~'· .. ··, :•: .... ,.•·::Ft:;4>'.·'"'. ·,, ·· ·. ' .... · . . . · · · p;;=,.,; :: · .. ~.( ·.prJ~a.if;'!);~~~gijl})jQ.t~U:J:~,"ic~uPtee it >tltli thG i:.ogicQl pr:\n.cipl~. It is ·'' '·:

i~·,'.' . : \'' tli~;~JT~~i!Jl:oiii~~~~(~je'i~.V.,ts ~~ ita~ ia ~he Id~l FhUoaopb¥ appears as a

il;;~: :> .. ::: ..;;;j~~1~~i;;~;1uii.~~;~;\~tu;,..;.t; is. the aim," and vhicll 1D itself the >oay to r .·· ... fJ~: .. > ~~j:.,ie1~~if§~;1~$·:~::td~:&;c:= .. -. ·' , ... ~::" ,,. . . . .. ~fr

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. .. ).;•;~i·:rn a· ii'Ord, iorl• tbs'onti hAnd, ph1loscpb¥ appear11 "" a eabjectivo doe:!, the. ·· .· . . .

. ''.'i ~~!·~··::~;:'':>;1.., ... :),.: ..... :/ . •. ' . . . ·: : . .:~· aat or;.knc:ili,g;· 1 eogtii~n.·,' On' tba other iwld, it, 1tsalt, is the me&n3 br,:whioh ...... •···•

~~~;.L;·~~~:,;:..d;d~: '.ito~~ ?"""i~a4- l>~t; it 1a not "on tho one lum-1•, •on i}.~.~.· .• ;:.:.~.~-~ :. --~ .... ~·.,_ ~; :·~.'\~~~!':,:.-.. -· ·,'-~-.. ~·-· .... ,. ·:.: . ' . '- ...,:· the othor~hand" but·the integrality or •1JIJ and ~teans• -. · · .. _ ·._.::itl

4 1 ·• .,Nov that tbsre is no oep..,.at1on bot,.oon 11vl.ns and nim, ue can also movo

to tho .;,.1~ or objact lllld aubjcct, "tho ooli'-kno>:ins un1vorcsl• that He0el

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/f :_~ :· · .. ;,.·.~;~~~-·SA.: th~.-:2};~~~~· .... ~~:· ~-- or p:eop~ ~1oh.··~~ eal!-l<nod~ ~ ' . ·. .

·' . . ' . . ~ . . . · ;-_ WT«11'1!4 tor,itiudddl.a tenu a :dddl.o ..tlieh d1v1d~ 1to..U into l!1nd An1

.. ~-· ' '· . . . · l&t,;,.o0 ~~ . thoo :toN..;, ita prt18llp'.i>co!Uon, as . :U'<><'.l!aa ll! tbe Idoa' • sub jeat.-:. . ..... ' . ~-.; : . . .. .: . ' . • ·tn &ct1nt,ye alll,.cthe latt'-<1" 1ts 1!111vorca1 ..nr ... es aa procaao or th• object.-

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j, ivvl,r.lll>i .blpllc'1t:IJ'·oot!llt1ng .. Id .. •• It 1JO tho n&ture or Ute tact, tho not1cn J' ·" ;.·· -.. ~~.: ____ ;.·_ .. ··-.. =.···<- .· .·· \ ··:. . .· .. · ·:, 1lb1cb et.1186a·.thl movflllflllt.llnl dtW~mant0 yet;. tllie ...,. """'""'ent is equall,y

:} . ·. : .• ~ . ...;1~~,:.~. c(.~i~~ii~ ,,(9~.; i: ' ; ,:.; .· . ' .. ·, .-:_/:•_;~--!.i': .... ":l~:t:-:~· :-'!: .. ~ .. ·-' ;'i..t,~··::-:::·;· --~:;:_:_, ·-.'':--.. .· :: ::.: . . • ~-··: ·,, Ji•:c;;''vii••·:'J'irati-.td·b••not«lia tlw•t it8z.e,· tc.o, Ss£;&1 aa tb<> phllosophor o1' "aboolato ·.' .:.:-"·.:··.:.~:--! ... :~-;.~-~-:-·-1?1·: -:- . .-:::· .. -·~· ... ~-:._,;·-~:.' -.·,.·_ ·::..: . . F :, :" ::;j ::;/ii~U"!J.t.yio >t~:.t.lii. ~:~t.O.ta.;.,t· t~t tb5 Idea ·or phUosoph,r l1kew1s" sunders . f· > -·. ·-· ·/ ;~~:-::::I;:r·-:r ~;::;,.::-.r-~!;:·:r .. _.,.· ... · -:t~,,.N:?- · ·:"··:· ~-;,_ :.-:.·- · .. :_ .. : · · _, ._ . - . · -. · ~·.i , '· :·::·.itiielt/iioi;tJi:at'Y.in:!;;_boco..elilth• podVi>JioG1t1on- tho 1ntorchange&bU1ty or

:;t:l' :/.'~~~;.-~l~~~'~;~£,..~~-~~!jis,;thua ~tress~ tbot th~ solf-:nov.,ont ''i· ; -., ... :· .. i' ~·-\:~ -,~•t· ·!"·"·-"!l'-.j'' ·( }~q':lj~--t;r~(-.-;~ . ·· '.-:. •· . · .. It·! .• '•'0.' •• ,. ·i· ··"; \ i"'' ·" • ./ ~ '··'• . ··~ -... . .. . '!-'~·- ' -.rc1·tit-:eau'Olua;·>Q:t·,tflit·cll'iea','!tlie Al:!solate unlver5el" can pley th" rale or """""' · ...

: .:~-- ' ... -/~-~--.1_::>: :'·;"f:ll:\:.t.'l~--=-J;~~-::,;- _;:~--~-:-~:.;.:.:J;:·:,}-ti~'·<_~)_~~-:·;~~--- ~:_· . .. :···-_-<:_ ;, .-:·- . . •.. . !.~·~.:- .:: · i' !;~;,v.· ·:·i ... t&tl.i1f:iig~~~;.or,;1oliait•::'terdn:,O&lled' .. "tb• bAcllllla" o! prolet.o.r1an rsvolut1«>n ., ' . ~~~.:.:·.>: .. _. ·--~---~~~_;::·.t; ->i~~---~~.~·:t\?-Vf;·-r.:' .. ~:~·;~*::ii~~;~.~-~~~::::t/:··.~/r _ · · __ ·: _ _ -_ · . . · > ·· ·

-;:.:,)•,;'it. ·il'i··-'11fi•lie',~~t<kll~~t'"~ii;.~Ld,eQ.t.l.;;ot t;~luticn" ·~ was. ouch thst sven " '•<·' · · · ,, · i -.~·.;· "::.> :: :··- :.~:s:~:-~j ;~~·-· .. ;;:::~·:.tt~{'~f. ~·~M -·~;\Ft-~~-:-;ltl:·i~~v~:;~~r.f~.:· ._,::-_ .... _,%_., ·. • ... ; :_ ·.-. :'!·· · · • . . . ..,

r)•' ; ;. .. ; :;-, '::: ut.~na,l, l'~~ut!Cin~::riicJi!all\ith" 1i:aater' Upr1ol.ng in· Irolond, could bo the u,puloe., . • .:. :· ·:'i/.-'!.·.:;>· · ''~._._t-;·::·~~-:'l.J':·. ~)·-~l'~c}"f.t·:~:f.';~t-'1:::.;:.:':··:,1' ,;f, .• ·. .· . . · I· . . :. • ~i

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), · to.~tordaUo.n&l~ r:eVo1Ut11>ti~<'~·.1'he. tact . tho.t. either tho Unl.versa1· or tha Part.- .·; :,:· , : .. :.',.· ,_-'<" \~ ~"":.-, · :r·:.".-,-?;;.l-J;;,.-.g;:: :'.,,.j; -~~\(f:/~;f_.:j.,•,(~.~:-~#;_;:·~~ ~ .;.){ -.... · ·r. . · • • •

,~: ; ... . ' ' in\llar ~~:r~;~7*~~~;J.~.r :')~~._bog~" civea .. ,-et' another i'mt. tO ' ;':.

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