According to Hegel Science of Logic (§ 191) Dasein (“determinate being”) is the Aufhebung of becoming, which in turn is the unity of opposites of nothing and being.
Dasein | ||||
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becoming : | nothing | being | : ceasing |
According to Hegel Phenomenology of Spirit (Vorrede §55) this is the Nous of Anaxagoras.
Following suggestions by William Lawvere as discussed in detail at Aufhebung – Examples – Aufhebung of Becoming – Determinate being, this is formalized by the level given by the sharp modality in its opposition to the flat modality:
So is a higher level version of (being). Indeed, this is the statement of (SoL § 194).
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