Individual (Instance)
Hegel (Life) & general-philosophical
The single living being that realizes the genus within itself. Not isolated in Hegel (as in liberalism), but embedded in the context of the genus.
Origin
Traditionally: the indivisible (*in-dividuum*). Modernity: autonomous subject. Hegel: mediation of singularity and universality.
In Hegel
Enc. §216-218; SL Vol. 2, Idea of Life
Cross-references
Individual · Genus · Life