Absolute Knowledge may be the end of all events and any possible event

Evidence

This event of the arrival of free thought is the advent of absolute knowledge and, accordingly, the transition from Revealed Religion to Philosophy. The last episode of the Encyclopedia corresponds to the chapter on ‘Absolute Knowledge’ in the Phenomenology of Spirit, and also to the chapter ‘The Absolute Idea’ in the Science of Logic. Now is the moment to interrogate these conclusions. Does Absolute Knowledge mark the end, in the twofold sense of the term, of all events and any possible event? Must it be interpreted as the reduction of all temporality and the advent of the parousia of spirit? — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 901

Categorization

• QUESTION: “End” in the twofold sense (telos/ein Ende machen vs. Zweck/purpose) — the ambiguity Malabou exploits to resist the parousia reading of absolute knowledge.
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Thought should complete the hierarchy of importance in order to end it; Absolute Knowledge is knowledge of its own limit, not closed totality; Absolute Knowledge’s stopping role must be necessity, not chance — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1002 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Absolute Knowledge’s stopping role must be necessity, not chance #expands (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1002
• Absolute Knowledge transforms sublation itself rather than halting the dialectic. #expands (0.80)
• Leibnizian possibility is epistemic, relative only to our ignorance #qualifies (0.75)
• Absolute Knowledge remains plastic, transforming individuals and their future expectations. #qualifies (0.75)