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    2121

    Inert matter

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    2.1.2.1. Inert matter © 2003-2026 hegel.net · Kai Froeb 2.1.2.1. Inert matter 2.1.2.1.1. Masses 2.1.2.1.2. Mechanical body 2.1.2.1.3. Weight One level back to Finite mechanics (matter and motion) One level further to Masses One level further to Mechanical body One level further to Weight
    2.1.2.1. Inert matter © 2003-2026 hegel.net · Kai Froeb 2.1.2.1. Inert matter One level back to Finite mechanics (matter and motion) One level further to Masses One level further to Mechanical body One level further to Weight 2.1.2.1.1. Masses One level back to Masses 2.1.2.1.2. Mechanical body One level back to Mechanical body 2.1.2.1.3. Weight One level back to Weight
    • 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)
    • 2121 Inert matter
    • 2122 Impact (unfree motion)
    • 2123 Fall (semi-free motion)
    • 21211 Masses
    • 21212 Mechanical body
    • 21213 Weight

    Texts online

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

    Hegel texts on this topic

    • Enzyklopädie II, § 263🇩🇪 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

    Inert Matter

    To the glossary index · ↑ Top of page

    What has motion without being it. The beginning of finite mechanics.

    In Hegel: 2121

    Cross-references: Part One, II

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

    To the glossary index · ↑ Top of page

    ↑ Finite mechanics (matter and motion) Impact (unfree motion) →

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