<philosophical terminology, history of philosophy> in the philosophy of Hegel, the inevitable transition of thought, by contradiction and reconciliation, from an initial conviction to its opposite and then to a new, higher conception that involves but transcends both of them. Thus, for example: Being / Non-being / Becoming, subjective / objective / absolute, or symbolic / classical / romantic. Since he identified reality with thought, Hegel believed that the same triadic movement is to be found in nature, cultural progress, and history. Recommended Reading: Hegel's Science of Logic, tr. by A. V. Miller (Humanity, 1998); Quentin Lauer, Essays in Hegelian Dialectic (Fordham, 1977); and Hans-Georg Gadamer, Hegel's Dialectic, tr. by P. Christopher Smith (Yale, 1982).
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