Hegel’s simplification is an act of self-abbreviation, a cutting that reduces.

Evidence

Simplification operates through this ‘abstract form’ which the individual finds ‘ready made’ and ‘truncated’. The verb abschneiden means on the one hand to cut, to slice, to segment; on the other hand, to reduce or shorten. As a process simplification is the result of an activity of self-abbreviation. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1017

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines simplification via the polysemy of abschneiden: to cut/segment and to reduce/shorten — plasticity as both pruning and contraction.
• XREF: connects to: Sacrifice in Hegel severs reason from recognizing itself in what it produces — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1402

Broader Connections

• Sacrifice in Hegel severs reason from recognizing itself in what it produces #expands (0.75) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1402