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Deborahjeong Posted 8 years ago
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What does In time-succession mean

The appearance of contingency in time-succession is to be dealt with later on. Written by HegelI would like to understand the sentence but could not translate it. What does the phrase in time sucession mean?What is the appearance of contingency?Could you help me clarify it? Thanks
  

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deborahjeong The appearance of contingency in time-succession ... I doubt there are 10 people on this planet who understand Hegel, and I'm not one of them, so this is going to be a tough, uphill battle for you. An English grammar forum is not the place to learn how to interpret Hegel.

  • deborahjeong The appearance of contingency in time-succession ...
  • I doubt there are 10 people on this planet who understand Hegel, and I'm not one of them, so this is going to be a tough, uphill battle for you.
  • An English grammar forum is not the place to learn how to interpret Hegel.
  • Personally, I think the man was crazy — though he was once the darling of continental philosophy.
  • That said, start with the definition of the adjective 'contingent' at the link below.
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deborahjeongThe appearance of contingency in time-succession ...

I doubt there are 10 people on this planet who understand Hegel, and I'm not one of them, so this is going to be a tough, uphill battle for you. An English grammar forum is not the place to learn how to interpret Hegel. Personally, I think the man was crazy — though he was once the darling o

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Time-succession refers to a set of ordered events, each one following the other in time.

One of the oldest puzzles in philosophy, particularly in the context of Christian belief, has to do with free will (where "contingency" is inherent in a future sequence of human or natural events), and predestination, where there is none. Perhaps Hegel is deferring a discussion of this. It seems lik

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