CONCRETE UNIVERSAL Definition & Meaning

concrete universal

noun

Hegelianism.

a principle that necessarily has universal import but is also concrete by virtue of its arising in historical situations.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of concrete universal¹

First recorded in 1860–65

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Critic Gayle Clemans writes of Yayoi Kusama that “Her work is cathartic and concrete, universal and specific, infinitely appealing and intimately personal.”

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Her work is cathartic and concrete, universal and specific, infinitely appealing and intimately personal.

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This will be recognized as the 'concrete universal' of the Hegelian logicians.

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But while Dewey employs the language of idealism, it is doubtful whether he has grasped the full significance of the "concrete universal" of the Hegelian school.

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Dewey's comments show that he conceives his method to be a restatement, in improved form, of the doctrine of the 'concrete universal.'

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