Single Idea 23891

[catalogued under 2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic]

Full Idea

Where contradictions appear there is a correlation of contraries, which is relation. If a contradiction is imposed on the intelligence, it is forced to think of a relation to transform the contradiction into a correlation, which draws the soul higher.

Gist of Idea

Two contradictories force us to find a relation which will correlate them

Source

report of Plato (works [c.375 BCE]) by Simone Weil - God in Plato p.70

Book Reference

Weil,Simone: 'Late Philosophical Writings' [Notre Dame 2015], p.70


A Reaction

A much better account of the dialectic than anything I have yet seen in Hegel. For the first time I see some sense in it. A contradiction is not a falsehood, and it must be addressed rather than side-stepped. A kink in the system, that needs ironing.