Reell

Hegel (Logic of Essence, opposed to formal)

*Reell* means substantive, filled with actuality. Real possibility has conditions in actuality (not merely conceivable, but realizable). The real difference is a difference of content (not merely formal diversity). In Hegel it is often used synonymously with "real." The *reell* is what has been realized, what is substantial, as opposed to the merely formal.

Origin

Latin *realis* (pertaining to a thing, factual). Scholasticism: *res* (thing) --- *realitas* as the substance of a thing. Kant: real opposition (A and -A) versus logical contradiction. Hegel: *reell* as the counter-concept to the abstract-formal.

In Hegel

(Synonym for reality)

Cross-references

Formal · Actuality · Real · Possibility · Concrete