On Self-Relationship——Reflections on the Legacy of German Classical Philosophy
From the perspective of Marxist philosophy,the legacy of German classical philosophy has primarily been associated with Hegel's dialectics.However,there is another significant thread run-ning through German classical philosophy:the concept of self-relationship.This thought serves as both a reflection of the essential nature of things and a cognitive methodology to grasp the essence of phe-nomena.It constitutes the inherent mechanism for comprehending Hegel's dialectics and its applica-tions,thereby warranting thorough excavation as a significant part of this intellectual heritage.The issue of self-relationship was initially posed within Kant's philosophy,where it pertained to resolving the problem of the unknowable thing-in-itself.Fichte achieved self-essence recognition by establishing a self-relation between the ego and the non-ego within consciousness through self-positing actions.Schelling,on the other hand,developed this concept through the dynamic agency of the absolute ego,establishing a self-relation within pure consciousness that led to the intuitive grasp of the absolute es-sence.Building upon these foundations,Hegel transformed the self-relation of consciousness into that of concepts or entities.Within this framework,concepts or entities established a vast logical system through processes of self-differentiation,self-sublation,self-stipulation,self-negation,self-connec-tion,and self-transformation,aiming to achieve an understanding of the absolute idea.
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