The Dialectical Abyss: The Restless Negative of Hegel

Through the works of G. W. F. Hegel the trope of the abyss acquires a new or rather a wider meaning within the tradition of philosophical thinking. Most importantly, Hegel frees the trope of the abyss from the theological constraints reflected in the works of the Neoplatonic mystics. Hegel places th...

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Zusammenfassung:	Through the works of G. W. F. Hegel the trope of the abyss acquires a new or rather a wider meaning within the tradition of philosophical thinking. Most importantly, Hegel frees the trope of the abyss from the theological constraints reflected in the works of the Neoplatonic mystics. Hegel places the abyss or groundlessness (Ungrund) at the center of his dialectical worldview. As Jon Mills observes, the abyss is the central principle ofPhenomenology of Spirit, remaining always in the shadow of the dialectical progress without ever being abandoned.¹ Within Neoplatonic mysticism—and all the way through Schelling and Hegel