That the power of negativity enters constitutively into the rationality of the world, nay, that the rationality of the world demands negativity in it, is Hegel's most original contribution to thought.
Divisibility is, as potentiality, the universal; there is continuity as well as negativity or the point posited in it—but posited as moment, and not as existent in and for itself.
Both are manifested in motion, in which the Notions have their reality for ordinary conception—pure negativity as time, continuity as space.
With Heraclitus, however, the moment of negativity is immanent, and the Notion of Philosophy as complete is therefore dealt with.
Necessity, as this pure negativity and movement within itself, although impassive thought, is absolutely bound to its opposite.
It is certainly an endless going forth, but in the Notion it is present, it is a progression from one opposed determination to others, from continuity to negativity, from negativity to continuity; but both of these are before us.
In them as existent, negativity is a limited size, and they exist as limited space and time; actual motion is progression through a limited space and a limited time and not through infinite space and infinite time.
But the logical Notion is itself this dialectic of Scepticism, for this negativity which is characteristic of Scepticism likewise belongs to the true knowledge of the Idea.
The submersion of everything in unity remains, however, merely beyond this unity, instead of which this very negativity must really be grasped as signifying its production.
This simplicity, which has not negativity and content in itself, requires a given content which it may not abrogate—but consequently it cannot thus attain to a genuine “other” through itself.
It makes the mistake of thinking that this negation is likewise a determinate affirmative content in itself; for it is, as the negation of negation, the self-relating negativity or infinite affirmation.
In as far as Scepticism limits itself to this, it is a moment in Philosophy itself, which last, having an attitude of negativity in relation to both, only recognizes them as true in their abrogation.
So far, therefore, the gods belong to the category of negativity as against sensuality, and as this negative is thought, in that sense what Epicurus said of the gods may still to some extent be said.
It will be almost impossible for you to realize such a condition of negativity and deadness.
The bitter negativity of it is to the Catholic mind incomprehensible.
Now when characters of this latter sort become religious, they are apt to turn the edge of their need of effort and negativity against their natural self; and the ascetic life gets evolved as a consequence.
This identity, as a negativity referring itself to itself, as a repulsion of its own from itself, contains essentially the determination of distinction.
Boehme is inexhaustible in images by which this negativity in God, his self-distinguishing and self-renunciation to the world, may be made conceivable.
The points of maximum positivity and negativity are situated symmetrically on the opposite sides of the organ.
Galvanometric negativity is thus seen to indicate the effect of direct stimulus, and galvanometric positivity that of indirect stimulus.
Electric response of induced galvanometric negativity of A under direct stimulation.
Under continued action of light, the electric response of galvanometric negativity in plants attains a maximum after which it undergoes decline, and neutralisation.
The diagrammatic section underneath shows the position of geo-perceptive layer (starch-sheath) corresponding to maximum induced galvanometric negativity and positivity on the two sides.
Confining our attention to the electric response, it is found that under continued action of light the excitatory galvanometric negativity increases to a maximum, after which there is a decline, and neutralisation.
The induced galvanometric negativity of the upper side of an organ (indicative of excitation) undergoes variation in different layers of the organ.
Geotropic stimulation is at once followed by a responsive current which flows through the galvanometer from N to A, the upper side of the organ thus exhibiting excitatory reaction of galvanometric negativity (Right-hand figure of 166).
I have explained that excitatory electric response is manifested even in the absence of mechanical expression of excitation; and under geotropic stimulus, the securely held shoot gave the response of galvanometric negativity of the upper side.
Increasing negativity represented by up-curve; neutralisation by down-curve.
The positive tropic curvature, and the induced galvanometric negativity may thus undergo a decline, and neutralisation.
The electric variation of maximum positivity on the lower side is comparatively feeble, less than half the corresponding maximum negativity on the upper side.
Will as choice claims to be free, reflected into itself as the negativity of its merely immediate autonomy.
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