Abstract

The dialectic deals with the « thing in itself ». But the « thing in itself » is not immediately given to man. In order to come to comprehend it, it is necessary not only to exert a certain effort, but also to make a detour. Because of this, dialectical thought distinguishes between the representation and the concept of the thing. By this it does not simply mean to distinguish two forms or two degrees of knowledge of reality, but first and foremost two qualities of human praxis. The primordial and immediate attitude of man with respect to reality is not that of an abstract knowing subject, of a thinking head that speculatively considers reality.