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2001 Cardozo Life (Summer), Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Life

Table of Contents:

Around Campus, page 3

Faculty Briefs, page 13

Nietzsche Comes of Age in America, page 18

Cardozo: Enjoying a Transformation, page 20

Enjoying the Jobs of Their Lives: Alumni on the Bench, page 25

Alumni News & Notes, page 32

Hegel’S Theory Of Quality, David G. Carlson

Articles

This article assesses the opening three chapters of Hegel's monumental "Science of Logic," a work largely unknown in the United States but recognized in Europe as the foundation of Hegel's impressive philosophical edifice. Hegel's task was to develop a foundation-free philosophy, in which the inherent contradictions in concepts caused the self-destruction of the concept and the generation of a new, improved concept. Hegel begins his work by examining the concept of Pure Being. Being itself shows to be finite, however. Being repeals itself and propels itself into thought. "Reality" therefore gives way to "ideality." Upon entering the realm of the …