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    21112

    Determinate Dimensions

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    2.1.1.1.2. Determinate Dimensions © 2003-2026 hegel.net · Kai Froeb 2.1.1.1.2. Determinate Dimensions 2.1.1.1.2.1. Point 2.1.1.1.2.2. Line 2.1.1.1.2.3. Area One level back to Space (geometry) One level further to Point One level further to Line One level further to Area
    2.1.1.1.2. Determinate Dimensions © 2003-2026 hegel.net · Kai Froeb 2.1.1.1.2. Determinate Dimensions One level back to Space (geometry) One level further to Point One level further to Line One level further to Area 2.1.1.1.2.1. Point One level back to Point 2.1.1.1.2.2. Line One level back to Line 2.1.1.1.2.3. Area One level back to Area
    • 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)
    • 21 Mechanics
    • 22 Physics (including Chemistry)
    • 23 Organism / Life (Subjectivity)
    • 211 Abstract extension/extrinsicality (immaterial nature)
    • 212 Finite mechanics (matter and motion)
    • 213 Celestial mechanics (infinite motion, astronomy)
    • 2111 Space (geometry)
    • 2112 Time
    • 2113 Location (event)
    • 21111 Indefinite dimensions
    • 21112 Determinate Dimensions
    • 21113 Surface
    • 211121 Point
    • 211122 Line
    • 211123 Area

    Texts online

    • HTM The Philosophy of Nature (Book 2 of the Encyclopedia) 1817

    Hegel texts on this topic

    • Enzyklopädie II, § 256🇩🇪 DE

    Commentary on this

    • What Logic Delivers and What It Does Not
    • The Stages in Detail
    • Why Hegel Begins with Space and Not with Body
    • The Newton Critique

    Determinate Dimensions

    To the glossary index · ↑ Top of page

    Point, line, and plane --- the determinations by which space differentiates itself within itself. As distinct from the indeterminate dimensions (height, width, depth), which are merely counted.

    In Hegel: 21112

    Cross-references: Part One, II

    Commentary on the Philosophy of Nature: I. What It Undertakes

    To the glossary index · ↑ Top of page

    ← Indefinite dimensions ↑ Space (geometry) Surface →

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