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Magnetism
?- 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)
- 221 General physicalities
- 222 Peculiarities (special individuality)
- 223 Physical body (single individuality)
- 2231 Body shape
- 2232 Properties against others
- 2233 Chemical process
- 22311 Shapeless figure
- 22312 Magnetism
- 22313 Crystal
- 223121 Repulsion
- 223122 Attraction
- 223123 [Point of indifference] (the middle in which both poles are one — transition to the crystal)
Magnetism
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A phenomenon that illustrates the transition from mechanism (external indifference) to chemism (inner affinity). The poles (north/south) are inseparable (not indifferent), but do not qualitatively transform (not yet chemical).
In Hegel: Enc. §309-315 (Philosophy of Nature)
Cross-references: Mechanism; Chemism