Concept

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Not a static definition or mental representation, but living self-determination. In Hegel, the concept is active: it differentiates itself, judges, infers, and shows itself in experience. The unity of the universal, the particular, and the singular.

Origin: Traditionally: concept as mental image. In Hegel: concept as the self-movement of the matter itself.

In Hegel: Enz. §160-162; WdL Vol. 2, Doctrine of the Concept

Cross-references: U-P-S Structure, Judgment, Syllogism, Idea

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