Spirit mediates between sensory contingency and pure thought by reflection

Evidence

Spirit, in this second of the syllogisms, finds itself midway between nature and logic. It thus assumes a role of mediator between the domain of sensory contingency and the pure essentialities of thought: ‘It is the syllogism where spirit reflects on itself in the Idea.’ In the syllogism of reflection, universality is the ‘negative of the beginning, or what was first, now posited in its determinacy; it is … the relation of distinct terms, or the moment of reflection.’ — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 977

Categorization

• DEFINE: Specifies spirit’s mediating role in the second syllogism where reflection constitutes universality.
• XREF: connects to: Spirit presents itself differently in nature, art, religion, and philosophy