A identidade na Doutrina da Essência da Ciência da Lógica de Hegel

This chapter aims to present and explore the section “Identity” from the “Doctrine of Essence” in Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's Science of Logic. Based on discussions within the Hegel and Speculative Idealism Group - Hegel Laboratory (GHIE-LH), after an introduction, the chapter begins by providing the context of the section within the development of the Science of Logic and then analyzes the conceptual determinations of identity, paragraph by paragraph, following Hegel's exposition. In the section studied, Hegel seeks to overcome several presupposed and assumed dichotomies between identity and difference. For him, identity is co-determined by difference, and difference is also co-determined by identity, in a greater unity. In particular, neither of these is justified as a self-subsistent moment, since they only have meaning in relation to the whole of which they are a part, which imposes the need for them to be considered in relation to their other.