The category of «beginning» in Hegel's philosophy and thinking

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  • Viktor Opolev Odesа Polytechnic National University

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https://doi.org/10.31649/sent05.01.034

Keywords:

absolute idea, historical beginning, logical beginning, classical philosophy

Abstract

The article aims  to interpret the Hegel's category of «beginning». The author distinguishes three types of beginnings: (1) historical – it refers to the facts and events of the past, which begin a particular sustainable development process; (2) ontological – as the basis of the existence of the relevant phenomenon, called «here and now»; (3) epistemological – as the cognitive basis of cognition of the relevant phenomena, which determines both the content and the special form of this cognition. The differentiation of interconnected principles forms a cognitive a priori that sets the conditions for intelligibility and the order of constitution of certain phenomena. The author comes to the conclusion that Hegel exhausts the theme of the beginning within classical philosophy and begins its non-classical interpretation.

References

Hegel, G. W. F. (1932). Lectures on the History of Philosophy. [In Russian]. In G. W. F. Hegel, Works in 14 vol. (Vol. 9). Moscow: Partizdat.

Hegel, G. W. F. (1974). Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sciences. (Vol. 1). [In Russian]. Moscow: Mysl.

Hegel, G. W. F. (1970). Science of Logic. (Vol. 1). [In Russian]. Moscow: Mysl.

Hegel, G. W. F. (1973). Science of Logic. (Vol. 3). [In Russian]. Moscow: Mysl.

Hildebrand, D., von. (1997). What is Philosophy. [In Russian]. Saint Petersburg: Aleteya.

Motroshilova, N. V. (1984). Hegel's Path to the «Science of Logic». [In Russian]. Moscow: Nauka.

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2002-04-22

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Opolev, V. (2002). The category of «beginning» in Hegel’s philosophy and thinking. Sententiae, 5(1), 34–43. https://doi.org/10.31649/sent05.01.034

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2002): SENTENTIAE

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