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Relation to Spinoza and Fichte

Feb 191 min read

Spinoza's omnis determinatio est negatio is in the background, but for Spinoza negation is still tied to the one substance. Hegel historicises and dynamises it: determination is the self-negation of the concept. Fichte's self-positing I and not-I are a step toward the dialectic of self-consciousness, but Fichte never reaches the speculative unity.

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The dialectic and determinate negation/u/averrois· 4 replies

Hegel's concept of determinate negation in the Logic: negation that preserves and elevates rather than merely cancels, and how it drives the movement of the concept.

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Why the thesis–antithesis–synthesis formula misrepresents Hegel's dialectic and what determinate negation actually does.
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How Hegel's determinate negation relates to Spinoza's determination-as-negation and Fichte's self-positing.
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A short reply on determinate negation and why the dialectic is not a formula.