Metamorphosis
Hegel (Philosophy of Nature)
In Hegel, explicitly attributed only to the concept; in nature, actual only in the living individual (§ 249).
Not meant
Species change. See Genus.
Origin
Goethe's Metamorphosis of Plants (1790). Hegel restricts the concept: it belongs to the concept, and in nature only to the living individual.
In Hegel
Enc. vol. 2, §§ 260–261
Cross-references
Nicht gemeint
Species change. See Genus.
In den ersten auflagen
1817 § 204, 1827 §§ 260–261
Im buch
Part One, IV