Full Idea
Philosophy moves essentially in the element of universality.
Gist of Idea
Philosophy moves essentially in the element of universality
Source
Georg W.F.Hegel (Phenomenology of Spirit [1807], Pref 01)
Book Reference
Hegel,Georg W.F.: 'Phenomenology of Spirit', ed/tr. Miller,A.V. /Findlay,J.N. [OUP 1977], p.1
A Reaction
I would take this to be uncontroversially correct. An interesting test case is applied ethics, which seems embedded in current cultural practices. I would always take it to be searching for what is universal in each situation.