The enemy emerges from the self’s own self-negation, not from a true pair.

Evidence

Thus the Nay finds its opponent directly in front of itself here. But the metaphor of a pair of wrestlers is misleading. There is no pair. This is a wrestling match not of two parties but of one: the Nought negates itsel£ It is only in self-negation that the “other,” the “opponent,” bursts forth out of it. — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 449

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Spirit’s self-formation is a violent internal struggle unlike nature’s peaceful growth. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1051