The eternal becomes spirit by self-differentiating and sublating its own difference

Evidence

The in itself and for itself of the eternal consists in its selfimparting (sich aufzuschließen), self-determining (zu bestimmen), in judging (zu urteilen) and positing itself in the form of a difference (sich als Unterscheidenes seiner zu stehen); but this difference, this distinction, is also always and eternally sublated, so that in and for itself the eternal is reconciled with itself in its return to self; only thus is it spirit. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 700

Categorization

• DEFINE: The canonical statement of plastic selfhood: self-imparting, self-determining, and self-overcoming as constitutive of Spirit.
• XREF: This is the exact dialectical form plasticity in brain life takes — a structure that gives itself form only through difference that returns to unity. — connects to: Symbols present self-repetitive nature as eternal and endlessly renewed; Intensified ephemerality drives a reactive craving for eternal truths and secure moorings. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 1843; Spirit develops by externalizing and returning to unite with itself — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 281 (+14 more)

Broader Connections

• Revealed religion marks spirit’s becoming-subject through self-revelation #corroborates (0.85)
• God’s self-identity is differentiated and not empty even in pure thought #expands (0.85) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 663
• In the third syllogism self-knowing reason mediates by dividing itself into spirit and nature #corroborates (0.82) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 986
• Divine self-presence is opened up by an internal distance rather than merely broken #corroborates (0.82) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 858
• For Hegel spirit is not merely self-contained thought but essentially self-revelation and objectivity #corroborates (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 815
• Individual subjectivity emerges through the soul’s progressive self-differentiation from universal nature #expands (0.78) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 318