Logic of Essence

The second of the three main parts of the logic (Being — Essence — Concept). The logic of essence is more abstract than the logic of being — not because it leads away from actuality, but because it penetrates more deeply into its structures. Its new form of movement: not "passing-over" (A becomes B and vanishes), but "shining" (A and B mutually constitute one another, both remain). The logic of essence unfolds: (Ch. 5) essence as reflection — the three forms of reflection, the determinations of reflection (identity, distinction, contradiction, ground), existence, thing and properties; (Ch. 6) appearance — law, content/form, the essential relations; (Ch. 7) actuality — possibility, contingency, necessity, substance, causality, reciprocal action.