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Ground (the reason, 'Grund')
?- 0 Hegel's 'System of Science'
- 1 Logic (Thinking of Thinking, Science of Science)
- 2 Nature (science of matter)
- 3 Spirit/Mind (Science of humanities)
- 11 Being (immediateness, 'Ontology')
- 12 Essence (mediation, reflection, metaphysics)
- 13 Concept (Notion / Logos / Comprehension, 'Begriff')
- 121 Essence as Reflection Within Itself
- 122 Appearance (Erscheinung)
- 123 Actuality (Wirklichkeit)
- 1211 Shine ('Schein')
- 1212 The Essentialities
- 1213 Ground (the reason, 'Grund')
- 12131 Absolute Ground
- 12132 Determined Ground/Reason
- 12133 Condition
Ground
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The ground resolves the contradiction by comprehending the conflicting determinations as moments of a unity. "Nothing is without a ground" (Leibniz) --- but the ground itself is in need of grounding. The complete ground integrates: (1) the formal ground (the logical structure), (2) the real ground (the content-determinations), (3) the conditions (the external, which the ground needs for its realization). This is the Detective Principle in its logical grounding: real explanation requires the integration of all relevant moments.
Origin: Leibniz: the principle of sufficient reason. Hegel: the ground presupposes itself --- it is its own ground. The presupposed proves to be posited.
In Hegel: Enc. §121-122; SL Vol. 2, Essence
Cross-references: Essence, Existence, Cause, Reflection, Condition, Detective Principle