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Single Idea 21772

[from 'Science of Logic' by Georg W.F.Hegel, in 11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty ]

Full Idea

In absolute knowing ...the separation of the object from the certainty of oneself is completely eliminated: truth is now equated with certainty and this certainty with truth.

Gist of Idea

In absolute knowing, the gap between object and oneself closes, producing certainty

Source

Georg W.F.Hegel (Science of Logic [1816], p.49), quoted by Stephen Houlgate - An Introduction to Hegel 03 'Absolute'

Book Reference

Houlgate,Stephen: 'An Introduction to Hegel' [Blackwell 2005], p.64


A Reaction

I don't understand this, but I note it because Hegel is evidently not a fallibilist about knowledge. I take this idea to be Descartes' 'clear and distinct ideas', wearing a grand rhetorical uniform.