Self-Movement

Hegel (Method)

The structure of the Logic: it develops out of itself, without external impetus. It is not we who set the categories in motion --- the categories move themselves through their own inner contradictions.

Origin

Aristotle: self-movement as the hallmark of life. Hegel: the Logic as the self-movement of the concept.

In Hegel

Enz. §238; (Method)

Cross-references

Dialectic · Method · Absolute Idea · Movement