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Expand Up @@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ Existence is a central term in the history of philosophy, holding a prominent
status. Entire schools of thought derive their names from it. In Hegel's
_Science of Logic_ we find, however, that existence comes to play a more modest
role, but nonetheless a very important one. In the Doctrine of Being, existence
is conceptualized as what is determined. It is, in other words, the exponent of
determinacy. Determinacy is a key matter as to how Hegel thinks not only about
the presuppositionless development of the categories but also how to approach
metaphysics and philosophy as a whole, and in this regard existence does not
merely open the door but is the entire gateway.
is conceptualized as that which is _specifically_ what it is. What is minimally
this, and _not_ that, or a being that is _distinguished_ in some fashion. It is,
in other words, the exponent of determinacy. Determinacy is a key matter as to
how Hegel thinks not only about the presuppositionless development of the
categories but also how to approach metaphysics and philosophy as a whole, and
in this regard existence does not merely open the door but is the entire
gateway.

`Existence`, or `determinate being`, is the first category in Hegel's _Science
of Logic_ that is explicitly determinate. It is the most minimally determinate
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