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process； are indeed extinct。 But since this unity is essential to the Notion and has at the same time
come into concrete existence； it is still present； though its place is outside the neutral object。 The
process does not spontaneously re…kindle itself； for it had the difference only for its
presupposition and did not itself posit it。 This self…subsistent negativity outside the object； the
existence of the abstract individuality whose being…for…self has its reality in the indifferent object；
is now tensed within itself against its abstraction； and is an inward restless activity that turns
outwards to consume。 It relates itself immediately to the object whose quiescent neutrality is the
real possibility of its opposition； that object is now the middle term of the previously merely
formal neutrality； now inwardly concrete and determinate。
The more precise immediate relation of the extreme of negative unity to the object is that the
latter is determined by it and thereby disrupted。 This disruption may in the first instance be
regarded as the restoration of that opposition of the objects in tension with which chemism began。
But this determination does not constitute the other extreme of the syllogism but belongs to the
immediate relation of the differentiating principle to the middle term in which this principle gives
itself its immediate reality； it is the determinateness that the middle term in the disjunctive syllogism
also possesses besides being the universal nature of the object； and by virtue of which the object is
both objective universality and also determinate particularity。 The other extreme of the syllogism
stands opposed to the external self…subsistent extreme of individuality； it is therefore the equally
self…subsistent extreme of universality； hence the disruption suffered by the real neutrality of the
middle term in this extreme is that it is split up into moments whose relationship is not that of
difference； but of indifference。 Accordingly these moments are the abstract indifferent base on the
one side； and its energising principle on the other； which latter by its separation from the base
attains likewise the form of indifferent objectivity。
This disjunctive syllogism is the totality of chemism in which the same objective whole is exhibited
first as self…subsistent negative unity； then in the middle term as real unity； and finally as the
chemical reality resolved into its abstract moments。 In these latter the determinateness has not
reached its reflection…into…self in an other as in the neutral product； but has in itself returned into
its abstraction； and is an originally determinate element。
3。 These elementary objects are accordingly liberated from chemical tension； in them； the original
basis of that presupposition with which chemism began has been posited through the real
process。 Now further； the inner determinateness as such of these ；objects is essentially the
contradiction of their simple indifferent subsistence and themselves as determinateness； and is
the urge outwards that sunders itself and posits tension in its object and in another object in order
to have something with which it can enter into a relation of difference and in which it can neutralise
itself and give to its simple determinateness an existent reality。 Consequently； on the one hand
chemism has returned into its beginning in which objects in a state of reciprocal tension seek one
another and then by a formal； external middle term； unite to form a neutral product。 On the other
hand； chemism by this return into its Notion sublates itself and has passed over into a higher
sphere。
C。 TRANSITION OF CHEMISM
Even ordinary chemistry shows examples of chemical alterations in which a body； for example；
imparts a higher oxidation to one part of its mass and thereby reduces another part to a lower
degree of oxidation； in which lower degree alone it can enter into a neutral combination with
another ＇chemically＇ different body brought into contact with it； a combination for which it would
not have been receptive in that first immediate degree。 What happens here is that the object does
not relate itself to another in accordance with an immediate； one…sided determinateness； but that in
accordance with the inner totality of an original relation it posits the presupposition which it
requires for a real relation and thereby gives itself a middle term through which it unites its Notion
with its reality； it is absolutely determined individuality； the concrete Notion as principle of the
disjunction into extremes whose re…union is the activity of the same negative principle； which
thereby returns to its first determination； but returns objectified。
Chemism itself is the first negation of indifferent objectivity and of the externality of
determinateness； it is therefore still infected with the immediate self…subsistence of the object and
with externality。 Consequently it is not yet for itself that totality of self…determination that proceeds
from it and in which rather it is sublated。 The three syllogisms yielded by the foregoing exposition
constitute its totality； the first has for middle term formal neutrality and for extremes the objects in
tension； the second has for middle term the product of the first； real neutrality； and for extremes
the sundering activity and its product； the indifferent element； while the third is the self…realising
Notion； which posits for itself the presupposition by which the process of its realisation is
conditioned — a syllogism that has the universal for its essence。 On account； however； of the
immediacy and externality attaching to chemical objectivity； these syllogisms still fall apart。 The
first process whose product is the neutrality of the objects in tension is extinguished in its product；
and it is an externally applied differentiation that re…kindles it； conditioned by an immediate
presupposition； it exhausts itself in it。 Similarly； the separation of the ＇chemically＇ different extremes
out of the neutral product； as also their decomposition into their abstract elements； must proceed
from conditions and stimulations of activity externally brought into play。 Also； although the two
essential moments of the process； on the one side neutralisation； on the other separation and
reduction； are combined in one and the same process； and the union of the extremes by
weakening of the tension between them is also a sundering into such extremes； yet on account of
the still underlying externality they constitute two different sides； the extremes that are separated
in that same process are different objects or materials from those that unite in it； in so far as the
former emerge again from the process as ＇chemically＇ different they must turn outwards； their new
neutralisation is a different process from the neutralisation that took place in the first process。
But these various processes； which have proved themselves necessary； are so many stages by
which externality and conditionedness are sublated and from which the Notion emerges as a
totality determined in and for itself and not conditioned by externality。 In the first process； the
mutual externali