Negation of the Negation
Hegel (Dialectics)
The double negation does not lead back to the beginning, but to a sublation on a higher level. Thesis, antithesis (first negation), synthesis (negation of the negation). But not mechanically!
Origin
Hegel's basic dialectical structure. Often misunderstood as a formal schema.
In Hegel
Enz. §95; WdL Vol. 1, Quality
Im buch
Ch. 1.10