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Full Idea
Absolute thinking is the thinking of thinking.
Clarification
What is now known as 'metaphysics'
Gist of Idea
Absolute thinking is the thinking of thinking
Source
Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1074b28)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.383
A Reaction
Connects to the apparently unique human ability to reflect about our own thoughts.