Attraction
Hegel (Logic of Being, moment of Being-for-itself)
Attraction is the relation of the many ones to one another - attraction in the sense of drawing-together. After repulsion (repelling), attraction arises: the ones seek unity. It is the negation of repulsion, but presupposes it. Example: physical attraction (gravitation), but also logical: the many strives toward unity. Attraction and repulsion are inseparable: only what has been repelled can be attracted. Their unity leads to quantity (the many indifferent ones).
Origin
Lat. attractio. Newton: gravitational attraction. Kant in "Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science": attraction and repulsion constitute matter. Hegel criticizes Kant's physical construction and turns it into logical categories of Being-for-itself.
In Hegel
Enz. §98; Science of Logic Vol. 1, Quality
Cross-references
Im buch
Ch. 1.11