Self-Consciousness as Incipient Desire. An Interpretation of §426 of Hegel’s Encyclopaedia

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https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.50.023

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Desire, Self-consciousness, Hegel, Modern Philosophy

Abstract

This article offers an interpretation of §426 of Hegel’s Encyclopaedia, which articulates the positioning of self-consciousness as desire, namely, the experience of contradiction arising from the simultaneous presence of its certainty of itself and its awareness of the external world. To this end, points of convergence are established with philosophical formulations found both in the same work and in some of Hegel’s more mature writings. Furthermore, the relationship between the philosophical reflections of the Stuttgart philosopher and other representative figures of the major currents of modern philosophy serves as a heuristic framework for an admissible interpretation of the emergence of desire as presented by Hegel in this passage of her most systematic work.

Biografia autore

Jhon Robert Arias Hernández, Universidad del Valle

El autor es investigador independiente titulado por la Universidad del Valle, Colombia, como Profesional en Filosofía, Maestro en Música y Magister en sociología. En su país, ha sido docente de educación primaria y secundaria en las áreas de ciencias sociales, humanidades y artes. A nivel universitario, se ha desempeñado como docente de Humanidades en la Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia en la Fundación Universitaria Católica Lumen Gentium. Además de haber creado y dirigido una serie de conversatorios a través de las redes sociales sobre desarrollo humano y social, ha escrito sobre antropología cultural y geografía del cambio climático. Sus intereses investigativos en Filosofía se enfocan en los estudios del pensamiento de Hegel dentro del marco de la Filosofía Moderna. Actualmente alterna su práctica investigativa y la interpretación musical en los ámbitos secular y religioso.

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27-08-2025

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Arias Hernández, Jhon Robert. 2025. «elf-onsciousness s ncipient esire. n nterpretation of §426 of Hegel’s ncyclopaedia». hilosophia 83 (2):9-28. https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.50.023.

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