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Life
?- 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')
- 131 The subjective Concept (formal Concept)
- 132 The Object (real Concept)
- 133 The Idea (adequate Concept)
- 1331 Life
- 1332 Finite Cognition
- 1333 Absolute idea (method)
- 13311 Living Individual
- 13312 Process of life
- 13313 Genus
Life
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Primarily designates the concrete biological phenomenon (plants, animals), as Hegel treats it in his philosophy of nature (Enc. §337-376). This is to be strictly distinguished from the idea of life, which designates the abstract logical structure of self-organization (the S³ processes), applicable also to non-biological systems (theories, institutions, etc.). This commentary primarily treats the idea of life. The methodological importance of this distinction (logic vs. philosophy of nature) is elaborated in detail in Ch. 19.5. For the logical structure, see therefore: Idea of Life.
In Hegel: Life in nature: Enc. §337-376; idea of life in Logic: Enc. §216-222; SL Vol. 2, Idea of Life
Cross-references: Idea of Life, Nature, Spirit, Self-differentiation, Self-preservation, Self-sublation