Philosophy’s twilight announces that the future has already passed

Evidence

In its twilight discourse, at the beginning of its night, philosophy may be nothing but the announcement of this truth: it is too late for the future. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 200

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• DEFINE: Captures the received image of Hegel as end-of-history thinker: the ‘too late for the future’ formula states the target position the whole book will contest.

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