Why Hegel's Concept is Not the Essence of Things

Authors

Stephen Houlgate, University of Warwick

Abstract

The article explores Hegel's philosophical framework, emphasizing the transition from being and essence to the concept, where the concept represents self-determining being. Hegel's Logic is both a structure of thought and an ontology, illustrating how being evolves through stages such as becoming, quantity, and substance, culminating in the concept. The concept is not a static category but a dynamic, self-sustaining process that encompasses being and essence without being reducible to either. It is immanent in nature, challenging notions of a separate, higher reality.

Disciplines

Jurisprudence | Law | Legal History | Philosophy

Recommended Citation

Stephen Houlgate, Why Hegel's Concept is Not the Essence of Things, 3 Cardozo Pub. L. Pol’y & Ethics J. 31 (2004).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cplpej/vol3/iss1/5