Full Idea
Everything deserving the name of philosophy has constantly been based on the consciousness of an absolute unity, where the understanding sees and accepts only separation.
Gist of Idea
True philosophy aims at absolute unity, while our understanding sees only separation
Source
Georg W.F.Hegel (Logic (Encyclopedia I) [1817], §213)
Book Reference
Hegel,Georg W.F.: 'Logic (from Encyclopaedia)', ed/tr. Wallace,W. /Finlay,J.N. [OUP 1975], p.276
A Reaction
Puzzled by the role of 'understanding' here. I tend to cite that as the highest aspiration of philosophy. Hegel seems to offer a higher understanding of unity, and a weaker analytic understanding, which is part of our limited psychology.