Die RealitÃ¤t des Absoluten als absolute RealitÃ¤t

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The question about the reality of the Absolute apparently presupposes both the original determinacy of reality and that of the Absolute. With regard to Hegel, Krijnen aims to clarify the determinacy of both presuppositions in their connection.

First, following the current debate on realism, it is shown in which sense realism presupposes idealism and thus subjectivity or thought as the principle of objectivity. This is first exemplified with regard to Kant. From this follows inevitably also a transformation of the philosophical concept of reality as it emerged in scholasticism and remained effective in Descartes, although Descartes is regarded by many as the founding father of modern philosophy. In accordance with the tradition and Kantâs subjectivity-theoretical transformation of philosophical determination and justification, also Hegelâs concept of reality concerns the realitas, the whatness, or determinacy so that the reality of the Absolute can only arise in the mode of a radical self-determination of thought.

As already with regard to the concept of reality, Krijnen also distinguishes with regard to the concept of the Absolute first of all a meaning of the Absolute in strict scholarly terms from a meaning as current for a broader audience. Then, in order to clarify the reality of the Absolute, he deals with the Absolute in the meaning of being the foundation of everything. It turns out that the determinacy of the Absolute entails the problem of the beginning of its determination. From this beginning it follows that the progress of the determination of the beginning of thought is at the same time the return to the ground of thought as the principle of all objectivity. In the course of this progress, the Absolute proves itself as being, essence, and concept, at the end of its determination in the sphere of pure thought even as a concept that is the absolute idea. The absolute idea then proceeds from itself and thus from the sphere of pure thought into the sphere of nature and consequently in that of spirit as the spheres of the so-called real, so that the Absolute is also that what is real, more closely nature and spirit, finally even absolute spirit, again more closely philosophy. The course of determination of the Absolute thus returns at its end to its beginning: philosophy is conceived of as the science of absolute foundations, principles, or totality. Thought that comprehends itself has proved to be a universality that contains all determinacy in itself and comprehends nature and spirit as manifestations of itself.

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Hegels Philosophie der RealitÃ¤t

Series:Â Critical Studies in German Idealism, Volume: 34

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004705531

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 31 Jul 2024

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