Habit enables the incarnation of the divine in the human

Evidence

‘Plastic’ individuality elevates itself – an ascending movement – to its own relief and acquires the constancy of essence. Habit enables the incarnation of the divine in the human, and the human in the divine, an incarnation which Greek sculpture presents to the senses. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1257

Categorization

• XREF: Habit as the mechanism of incarnation parallels how embodied practice shapes neural form in the reader’s brain-plasticity framework. — connects to: The structure of erotomania mirrors the structure of mystical devotion — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1902; Plasticity and habit define man’s place between animal and divine limits — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 317; Habit elevates time to a second power enabling nature’s transition into spirit — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 485 (+7 more)