For Hegel only what is limited and determined can be fully intelligible and shared.

Evidence

In another context, a synonymy between ā€˜form-determination’ and the Greek 9ρς is explicitly attested in the Preface to the Phenomenology. In Hegel’s thought, 9ρς – limit, frontier, stop – signifies the singular and individuating break: the ā€˜for oneself’ which establishes determinate meaning. Only what is limited is intelligible: ā€˜Only what is completely determined is at once exoteric, comprehensible, and capable of being learned and appropriated by all.’ — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1046

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Maps pe’ras — boundary/limit — onto Formbestimmung as the individuating break that grounds determinate meaning.
  • XREF: connects to: Content’s determinateness is self-given, not externally attached, in Hegel; For Hegel the concrete is a totality integrating all abstract moments

Broader Connections