Arbitrariness (Willkür)
Hegelian concept (§§ 15–17)
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Not meant
The will that can choose but does not determine from what it chooses. Hegel determines it as "the will as contradiction" (§ 15): it takes itself to be free because it chooses, and yet it is dependent on what lies before it.
Developed in
whim or stubbornness in the everyday sense. Arbitrariness is a technical term for freedom of choice — and precisely not its diminishment, but the determination of its limit.
Nicht gemeint
The will that can choose but does not determine from what it chooses. Hegel determines it as "the will as contradiction" (§ 15): it takes itself to be free because it chooses, and yet it is dependent on what lies before it.
Entwickelt in
whim or stubbornness in the everyday sense. Arbitrariness is a technical term for freedom of choice — and precisely not its diminishment, but the determination of its limit.
In der logik
Part II.4
Systematischer ort
Will, Freedom