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

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