Doctrine of Essence

The second of the three main parts of the Logic (Being --- Essence --- Concept). The Doctrine of Essence is more abstract than the Doctrine of Being --- not because it leads away from actuality, but because it penetrates more deeply into its structures. Its new form of movement is no longer "passing over" (A becomes B and vanishes) but "shining" (A and B constitute each other reciprocally, and both remain). The Doctrine of Essence unfolds: (Ch. 5) Essence as Reflection --- the three forms of reflection, the determinations of reflection (identity, difference, contradiction, ground), existence, thing, and properties; (Ch. 6) Appearance --- law, content/form, the essential relations; (Ch. 7) Actuality --- possibility, contingency, necessity, substance, causality, reciprocal action.