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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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)

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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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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