Hegel frames self-transformation into second nature as man’s defining attribute

Evidence

If God can be delegated in such a way, this will necessarily imply that divine presence can be linked to acquisition; indeed the self in Hegel is constituted by just such a seizure in so far as it understands itself as including the other, as appropriating and grasping the other. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 735 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: For Hegel all nature is second nature, making habit non-anthropological — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 492; Hegelian selfhood is constituted as appropriation and seizure of the other — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 735

Broader Connections

• Hegelian selfhood is constituted as appropriation and seizure of the other #corroborates (0.75) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 735