Spirit’s revelation is the double externalization of concept into time and back into self

Evidence

The goal [of this succession] is the revelation of the depth (die Offenbarung der Tiefe) of spirit, and this is the absolute concept. This revelation is, therefore, the raising up (sublation, Aufhebung) of its depth, or its extension (Ausdehnung), the negativity of this withdrawn ‘I’, a negativity which is its externalization of its substance; and this revelation is also the concept’s time, in that this externalization (Entäußerung) is in its own self externalized (diese Entäußerung an ihr selbst entäußert), and just as it is in its extension, so it is equally in its depth, in the self. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 910

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Core statement of how Entäußerung is itself externalized — the self-referential doubling that generates spirit’s depth through temporal extension.
  • XREF: connects to: Spirit develops by externalizing and returning to unite with itself — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 281; Revealed religion marks spirit’s becoming-subject through self-revelation; The eternal becomes spirit by self-differentiating and sublating its own difference — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 700 (+5 more)

Broader Connections