Hegel grounds plasticity in νς’s power to self-differentiate while remaining unmixed

Evidence

How will Hegel understand this originary synthetic instance? He resolves the question by positing νς as a ‘differentiated unity’: ‘Therefore there is a self-differentiation within it (ein Verschiedenes von ihm in ihm) and at the same time, it is pure and unmixed (rein und unvermischt).’ For Hegel, there can be no doubt that the plasticity of νς, articulated in this act of its auto-differentiation, constitutes its very essence. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 466

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines plasticity at its origin: the auto-differentiation that constitutes νς’s essence, self-differentiation without mixture.
• XREF: Connects directly to the reader’s core concern — this is the foundational moment where plasticity is first articulated as self-differentiating unity, the root of her brain-work concept. — connects to: Hegel’s plasticity joins a capacity to receive form with a capacity to produce form — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 228; Hegel ties plasticity directly to the speculative proposition’s form — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1132; Plasticity holds origin and self-abandonment together in one capacity (+4 more)
• DEEPTHINKING: The positing of self-differentiation within identity while remaining ‘pure and unmixed’ is the dialectical seed from which the whole plasticity ontology grows — dense enough to sit with.

Broader Connections

• Plasticity holds origin and self-abandonment together in one capacity #expands (0.80)
• Hegel ties plasticity directly to the speculative proposition’s form #expands (0.75) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1132