Infinity (True)

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Affirmative infinity, which sublates finitude within itself. Not "beyond" the finite, but the "return to itself in the other." The structure of self-relation. Example: the circle (finite in its line, infinite in its movement).

Origin: Spinoza (substance as causa sui). Hegel (dialectic of finite/infinite).

In Hegel: Enz. §95; SL Vol. 1, Doctrine of Being, Quality

Cross-references: Chap. 1.10

Commentary on the Logic, Chapter 1

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