Judgment etymologically means original division within unity

Evidence

30 The German word Urteil means both ‘judgement’ and ‘original division’. Hegel writes: ‘The etymological derivation of judgment in our language is … profound and expresses the unity of the notion as the first moment, with its differentiation appearing as the original division (als die ursprüngliche Teilung), this is what the judgment truly is.’ — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1318

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explains that Urteil carries both ‘judgement’ and ‘original division’, tying the logical act of judging to an originary splitting.
• XREF: This original-division-in-unity logic anticipates the reader’s interest in plasticity as structure undergoing internal differentiation. — connects to: Catastrophe etymologically means curvature, not annihilation — Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation, 285; The natural unity of individual and genus must be sublated into opposition — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 298; Etymological wordplay let medieval polemicists fuse unrelated groups into one genus — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in…, 212 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Etymological wordplay let medieval polemicists fuse unrelated groups into one genus #exemplifies (0.82) — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 212
• The natural unity of individual and genus must be sublated into opposition #complicates (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 298
• Opposites like good and evil are relative contrasts within an absolute whole #exemplifies (0.80) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 915
• Articulated unity relates parts through differences and subordination, not identity #expands (0.75)