Of the Concept in General.

What the nature of the Concept is can no more be stated immediately than the concept of any other object can be established immediately. It might perhaps seem that, in order to state the concept of an object, the Logical Referring to the formal rules and structures of logic that govern how we think. is presupposed. Consequently, logic itself could not have something else as its prerequisite, nor could it be something derived—much like in geometry, where logical propositions (as they appear when applied to magnitude and used in that science) are set forth in the form of axioms Statements or principles that are accepted as true without proof, serving as the starting point for further reasoning., as underived and underviable determinations of knowledge. Now, although the Concept is to be regarded not merely as a subjective presupposition but as an absolute foundation, it can only be so insofar as it has made itself into that foundation. That which is abstractly immediate In this context, "immediate" refers to something that is grasped directly and simply, without being explained by or through something else. is indeed a "first" point; however, as something abstract, it is rather something mediated German: Vermitteltes. A central idea in this philosophy meaning that something is defined, shaped, or brought about by its relationship to other things rather than existing in isolation.. Therefore, if it is to be grasped in its truth, its foundation must first be sought. This foundation must indeed be something immediate, but in such a way that it has made itself immediate through the sublation A translation of the technical term Aufhebung, which describes a process where something is simultaneously canceled out, preserved, and lifted to a higher level of meaning. of mediation.