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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito

15636	The Cogito is at the very centre of the entire concern of modern philosophy [Hegel]
	Full Idea: The proposition 'Cogito Ergo Sum' stands at the very centre, so to speak, of the entire concern of modern philosophy.
	From: Georg W.F.Hegel (Logic (Encyclopedia I) [1817], §64 Rem)
	A reaction: I distinguish two approaches to philosophy: the Parmenidean (which starts from the nature of being), and the Cartesian (which starts from the fact of consciousness). This remark confirms that Hegel is firmly in the latter school.

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

22300	Existence is just a set of relationships [Hegel]
	Full Idea: Everything that exists stands in correlation, and this correlation is the veritable nature of existence.
	From: Georg W.F.Hegel (Logic (Encyclopedia I) [1817], p.235 (1892)), quoted by Michael Potter - The Rise of Analytic Philosophy 1879-1930 23 'Abs'