Does the phrase existence is reasonable stand up to in depth scrutiny???????????????????

Excerpt from History of Western Philosophy, pp. 649-650:

Then we understand why Hegel asserted that "everything that is rational is real, and everything that is real is rational". Because according to his point of view, reason is not only the subjective ideality, but also the essence of things, and things must conform to their own essence in the final analysis, so what is rational must become a reality. On the other hand, not everything can be called reality, only what is truly reasonable can be called reality, and therefore everything that is realistic is of course reasonable.

In fact, this dialectical relationship between rationality and reality can also be regarded as the theme of Hegel's philosophy, or in other words, the whole content of Hegel's philosophy revolves around the dialectical relationship between rationality and reality, and its purpose is to achieve the "reconciliation" between rationality and reality.

It can be seen that Hegel solved the problem of the identity of thinking and being on the basis of the unity of ontology, epistemology, and dialectics, and it was on this issue that Hegel fell into idealism. He did not fundamentally overcome the dualism of thinking and being, because in his view only the mind can know the mind, and only the spirit can grasp the spirit. If the mind grasps the essence of things, then the essence of things is thought.

In other words, if we prove that our mind knows the essence of things, then the essence of things is what we think, so the essence of things is thought, that is, "objective thought".Hegel was still unable to break free from the limitations of his metaphysical way of thinking on the most fundamental issues. It is impossible to get out of the dogma that only thinking can know thought, so it is impossible to finally solve the problem of the identity of thinking and existence.

Without going into depth, the contradiction can be proved by basic logical deductions:

The basic dichotomy: if there is A, there is non-A, so if there is "reasonable", there must be "unreasonable". If "existence is reasonable", then "unreasonable" does not exist.

That is, there is no "non-a" but all "a". That subverts the basic dichotomy. That right is also called reasonable, wrong is also called reasonable, "reasonable" is also reasonable, and "unreasonable" must also be reasonable.

The original Chinese translation is:

Everything that is realistic is reasonable, and everything that is reasonable is also realistic."

In the Encyclopedia of Logic, Hegel distinguishes between the words "being" and "reality".

Is it reasonable to have a cannibalistic society?

It's nonsense, like "you're a human being."

Being is reasonable, Hegel said.

Hegel said in his famous work "Little Logic": was vernünftig ist, das ist wirklich; und was wirklich ist, das is vernünftig。

This is mistranslated as: Reasonable is existing, and existence is reasonable. And the correct translation should be: everything that is rational is realistic, and everything that is realistic is rational.

Origin explained. According to Hegel, the origin of the universe is the Absolute Geist. It has everything in itself, then externalizes the natural world, human society, spiritual science, and finally returns to itself on a higher level.

Therefore, whatever is on this trajectory is rational (vernünftig), that is, necessarily what will emerge and be realistic (wirklich). The reverse is also true. This is the original meaning of "existence is reasonable".

Being is reasonable, Hegel said.

Being is rational is the theory of objective idealism, which means that the original principle of the universe is the absolute spirit (reason), which has everything in itself, and then externalizes the natural world, human society, spiritual science, and finally returns to itself at a higher level.

Therefore, whatever is on this trajectory is reasonable (shorthand for "rational"), that is, it is inevitable and realistic. From the preface to Hegel's Principles of the Philosophy of Law.

Character influence. Hegel's doctrine has been controversial for a long time in later generations, and he has had a wide influence on the world of thought, and almost any school of thought has affirmed or criticized his doctrine.

Historians divide those influenced by Hegel into two opposing camps, the Hegelian Right and the Left. Hegel's right was represented by his students at the Humboldt University in Berlin, who embraced the orthodox religious ideas of the Gospel and the political conservatism of the post-Napoleonic era.

The true meaning of "existence is reasonable" is that the original principle of the universe is the absolute spirit, which has everything freely, and then externalizes the natural world, human society, and spiritual science, and finally returns to itself at a higher level.

Being is rational is the theory of objective idealism, from the preface to Hegel's Principles of the Philosophy of Law. Objective idealism is one of the two basic forms of idealistic philosophy, the objective spirit comes first, it is the origin of the material world, and it is the first nature; The material world is the manifestation and derivative of the objective spirit, which is secondary.

Existence is reasonable, which is a common-sense summary of speculative philosophy, but once the propositions of speculative philosophy fall into common sense, they are bound to face speculative damage. The typical characteristic of speculation is reflection, which is the most valuable ideological attribute of human beings as rational beings. If we systematically reflect on the saying that existence is reasonable, it is not difficult to detect the fallacy in it.

Existence is reasonable, which means that the existence of the present is subject to reflective investigation and even criticism, because only in this way can it conform to dialectics. Failing to understand the meaning of dialectics, and rashly using existence as reason to sophistry, is an out-and-out reference to a deer as a horse.