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Existence
?- 0 Hegel's 'System of Science'
- 1 Logic (Thinking of Thinking, Science of Science)
- 2 Nature (science of matter)
- 3 Spirit/Mind (Science of humanities)
- 11 Being (immediateness, 'Ontology')
- 12 Essence (mediation, reflection, metaphysics)
- 13 Concept (Notion / Logos / Comprehension, 'Begriff')
- 121 Essence as Reflection Within Itself
- 122 Appearance (Erscheinung)
- 123 Actuality (Wirklichkeit)
- 1221 Existence
- 1222 Appearance as such
- 1223 Essential Relation
- 12211 Thing and Properties
- 12212 Constitution out of Matters
- 12213 Dissolution of the Thing
Existence
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In Hegel: the thing that has emerged from the ground --- mediated immediacy. In existentialist philosophy (Kierkegaard): the concrete, irreplaceable singularity of the human being.
Origin: Hegel: a logical category in the Logic of Essence. Kierkegaard criticizes Hegel: existence cannot be logically derived.
In Hegel: Enc. §123-124; SL Vol. 2, Appearance
Cross-references: Ground, Existence (Dasein), Actuality