Hegel discovered the plastic materiality of being before modern biology named it

Evidence

Thus it is Hegel who will have discovered before its discovery the plastic materiality of being: that free energy, whether organic or synthetic, which circulates throughout in each and every life. From now on the philosopher lives in the tension created by the existence of pure ‘possibility’ inherent in such an energy, and bears the responsibility of protecting and preserving the rudimentary being of subjectivity: its fragile and finite kernel. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1285

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘fragile and finite kernel of subjectivity’ links to the reader’s interest in whether neural plasticity threatens or preserves the minimal self — Malabou’s ethical stake. — connects to: Hegel discovered the plastic free energy circulating through every life before modernity named it. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1285

Broader Connections

• Hegel discovered the plastic free energy circulating through every life before modernity named it. #expands (0.90) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1285