Being

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The beginning of the Logic. Pure being without any further determination---immediate, indeterminate, and therefore identical with nothing. Being and nothing pass over into becoming.

Origin: Parmenides: Being is. Hegel: Pure being is so empty that it is identical with nothing.

In Hegel: Enz. §§86-88; Science of Logic, Vol. 1, Doctrine of Being

Cross-references: Nothing, Becoming, Beginning, Logic of Being

Commentary on the Logic, Chapter 4

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