Thought should complete the hierarchy of importance in order to end it

Evidence

If we cannot establish exactly how the conclusive role of Absolute Knowledge is neither a question of chance nor an arbitrary decision, then the very credibility of Hegel’s philosophy – its future – will immediately be put into question. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1002 (#expands, via linked claim)

This event of the arrival of free thought is the advent of absolute knowledge and, accordingly, the transition from Revealed Religion to Philosophy. The last episode of the Encyclopedia corresponds to the chapter on ‘Absolute Knowledge’ in the Phenomenology of Spirit, and also to the chapter ‘The Absolute Idea’ in the Science of Logic. Now is the moment to interrogate these conclusions. Does Absolute Knowledge mark the end, in the twofold sense of the term, of all events and any possible event? Must it be interpreted as the reduction of all temporality and the advent of the parousia of spirit? — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 901 (#expands, via linked claim)

It follows, I have noted this before, that silence is how we reset meters, and timing, and all the rhythms and measurements that flow from such notions. Without such absolutes, without the idea of an absolute at which measurement ends, we would have no starting point for nor end to our philosophies. No dropping back to zero, no de-clutching of our geared structures, no end to gauging, no reboot of madly cycling programs. — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 531 (#responds-to, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Absolute Knowledge’s stopping role must be necessity, not chance — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1002; The idea of an absolute silence functions as a necessary reset point for thought — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 531; Absolute Knowledge may be the end of all events and any possible event — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 901 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Absolute Knowledge’s stopping role must be necessity, not chance #expands (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1002
• Absolute Knowledge may be the end of all events and any possible event #expands (0.75) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 901
• The idea of an absolute silence functions as a necessary reset point for thought #responds-to (0.70) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 531