The singular is self-identical determinateness posited as whole, or self-identical negativity

Evidence

Simplification is finally complete in the stage of Absolute Knowledge, when from a distance spirit looks on at the determinatenesses in their selfmovement, as they take on the form of essential accidents, in other words, of singularities (singularités). At the end of the Doctrine of Essence Hegel shows how the dialectic of necessity and contingency results in a movement in which ‘the self-identical determinateness is likewise posited as the whole’. This determinateness is then posited as the ‘self-identical negativity: the singular (das Einzelne)’. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1124

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the crucial concept of the singular (das Einzelne) as self-identical negativity in the Doctrine of Essence.
• XREF: connects to: The For-itself’s being consists in internal negation rather than self-coincidence — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 445; Permanence is identical with abstractness, both rooted in the for-itself’s negation; The Other is constituted by negation as the self which is not myself — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 675 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• The For-itself’s being consists in internal negation rather than self-coincidence #expands (0.92) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 445
• The for-itself constitutes itself through an original negation of the thing #expands (0.80) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 571
• Permanence is identical with abstractness, both rooted in the for-itself’s negation #qualifies (0.78)
• The Other is constituted by negation as the self which is not myself #expands (0.75) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 675
• Identity is internally mediated by the non-identical #expands (0.72) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1223