hegel’s absolute as negativity

The relation of the many and the one, difference and identity, multiplicity and unity, particularity and universality, and finally that of negativity and negativity of negativity through reason and history is the core of hegelian absolute which is still an inevitable philosophical source to deal with most of the contemporary ontological problems. the article’s claim consists of two parts: absolute is internally a retrospective totality of the system, on the one hand, and it is intertwined with a prospective negativity in a reciprocal relationship, on the other hand. therefore, absolute would be an absolute totality and an ongoing openness to the future at the same time. this article explains how hegel’s articulation of the absoluteness is still a challenging ontological problem since it would simultaneously include both totality and negativity.

hegel’s absolute as negativity

the relation of the many and the one, difference and identity, multiplicity and unity, particularity and universality, and finally that of negativity and negativity of negativity through reason and history is the core of hegelian absolute which is still an inevitable philosophical source to deal with most of the contemporary ontological problems. the article’s claim consists of two parts: absolute is internally a retrospective totality of the system, on the one hand, and it is intertwined with a prospective negativity in a reciprocal relationship, on the other hand. therefore, absolute would be an absolute totality and an ongoing openness to the future at the same time. this article explains how hegel’s articulation of the absoluteness is still a challenging ontological problem since it would simultaneously include both totality and negativity.