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Engels explains a whole series of examples to illustrate "the negation of the negation" in his book Anti-Duhring.What does "the negation of the negation" mean here ?

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Engels explains a whole series of examples to illustrate "the negation of the negation" in his book Anti-Duhring.

What does "the negation of the negation" mean here ?

This is one of the famous three Laws of Dialectics. For a good understanding, you need to study the work and philosophy of Hegel and Karl Marx.
I excerpted the following passage from this site that you should look at for more detail - http://www.marxists.org/archive/novack/1940/12/dialnat.htm
The Negation of the Negation

The law of the negation of the negation, which Hegel used as the fundamental law for the construction of his whole system of thought, has a far wider sphere of application in the system of nature. This law really expresses the fundamental form of development in nature.

The opposing forces at work in every single thing bring, about constant changes in its constitution. These changes accumulate in quantity until, at a certain determinate stage in the process of development, a distinct qualitative transformation or leap occurs. The thing loses its original identity and passes over into its opposite.

But the evolutionary process does not halt at the point of simple negation. The new form of material existence is no less self-contradictory than the old and subject to the same internal restlessness. The first negation in turn undergoes self-differentiation and division until it, too, passes into its own opposite and thereby becomes negated. The final result of this process is called the negation of the negation, a synthetic unity which has discarded the transitional forms but preserved within itself the essential content of both sides of the contradictory whole.

All the transformations of material motion studied by natural science exemplify the working of this law of the negation of the negation in physical reality. Engels employs the law to clarify the interconnections between mechanical and molecular motion, or heat.

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Marius Hancu · Answer

explains a whole series of examples

use "provides ... examples"

Volcano1985 · Answer

Hello

I have a question.What does "Gone" mean in the following sentence

"Gone is the generous Che who tended wounded enemy soldiers, gone is the vulnerable warrior who wanted to curtail his love of life lest it make him less effective in combat and gone also is the darker, more turbulent."

Clive · Answer

Hi,

I have a question.What does "Gone" mean in the following sentence

"Gone is the generous Che who tended wounded enemy soldiers, gone is the vulnerable warrior who wanted to curtail his love of life lest it make him less effective in combat and gone also is the darker, more turbulent."

It means he has left, vamoosed, exited, departed.

I don't know your context, but since Che is dead, it probably means 'He's dead'. We often say someone has gone instead of someone has died.

Best wishes, Clive

Volcano1985 · Answer

CliveHi,

I have a question.What does "Gone" mean in the following sentence

"Gone is the generous Che who tended wounded enemy soldiers, gone is the vulnerable warrior who wanted to curtail his love of life lest it make him less effective in combat and gone also is the darker, more turbulent."

It means he has left, vamoosed, exited, departed.

I don't know your context, but since Che is dead, it probably means 'He's dead'. We often say someone has gone instead of someone has died.

Best wishes, Clive

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Volcano1985 · Answer

"Che the moral guru proclaiming that a New Man, no ego and all ferocious love for the other, had to be forcibly created out of the ruins of the old one"

What does this sentence tell? Someone can explain it with oneself words especially the part "had to be forcibly created out of the ruins of the old one"

Clive · Answer

Hi,

"Che the moral guru proclaiming that a New Man, no ego and all ferocious love for the other, had to be forcibly created out of the ruins of the old one"

What does this sentence tell? Someone can explain it with oneself words especially the part "had to be forcibly created out of the ruins of the old one"

This kind of thing needs a context to be properly understood. However, here's my guess.

Che was an expert on morals. He said that people were all selfish and did not love others. He said that we need a new kind of people, who are the opposite. He said that creating this kind of morality means destroying the old kind of morality.

If you want to say this more briefly, you might say 'Che said the world needs a moral revolution'.

Best wishes, Clive

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