A limit only becomes a limitation through the being that transcends it from within

Evidence

In order that the limit which is in something as such should be a limitation (Schranke), something must at the same time in its own self transcend the limit. It must in its own self be related to the limit as to something which is not. β€” Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 869

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Specifies Schranke: limitation presupposes something transcending the limit in its own self β€” internal otherness, not external constraint.
  • XREF: connects to: Situation-limits are given meaning only by the freedom they nevertheless bound β€” Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1241

Broader Connections