Doctrine of Being

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philosophical concept section of a philosophical work

The Doctrine of Being is the first major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he analyzes the most basic categories of thought such as pure being, nothing, and becoming.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Doctrine of Being canonical	2
Lehre vom Sein	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	philosophical concept ⓘ section of a philosophical work ⓘ
aimsAt	showing the self-movement of pure thought ⓘ
analyzes	becoming ⓘ measure ⓘ nothing ⓘ pure being ⓘ quality ⓘ quantity ⓘ
author	G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ surface form: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
belongsToTradition	German idealism ⓘ
centralConcept	dialectical development of categories ⓘ transition from being to essence ⓘ
concerns	immediacy of thought ⓘ indeterminate being ⓘ most basic categories of thought ⓘ
contrastsWith	Doctrine of Essence ⓘ Doctrine of the Concept ⓘ
epistemicStatus	level of immediacy in Hegel’s logic ⓘ
hasPart	Measure ⓘ Quality ⓘ Quantity ⓘ
includesCategory	Dasein ⓘ surface form: Dasein (determinate being) Degree ⓘ Finitude ⓘ Infinity ⓘ Number ⓘ
influenced	20th-century continental philosophy ⓘ subsequent Hegelian ontology ⓘ
languageOfOriginal	German ⓘ
locatedInWork	first book of Science of Logic ⓘ
logicalFunction	derivation of categories from pure being ⓘ
methodologicalRole	starting point of Hegel’s logical system ⓘ
originalTitle	Doctrine of Being self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lehre vom Sein
partOf	Science of Logic ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline	logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ
philosophicalProblem	emergence of determinate being from indeterminacy ⓘ relation between being and nothing ⓘ
positionInWork	first major section of Hegel’s Science of Logic ⓘ
precedes	Doctrine of Essence ⓘ Doctrine of the Concept ⓘ
studiedIn	Hegel scholarship ⓘ
subjectOf	commentaries on Hegel’s Science of Logic ⓘ
usesMethod	dialectic ⓘ
workPublicationPeriod	1812–1816 ⓘ

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Description of subject: The Doctrine of Being is the first major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he analyzes the most basic categories of thought such as pure being, nothing, and becoming.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Science of Logic → hasPart → Doctrine of Being ⓘ

Wissenschaft der Logik → hasPart → Doctrine of Being ⓘ

Doctrine of Being → originalTitle → Doctrine of Being self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lehre vom Sein