takes place； the simple being to which the Idea determines itself remains perfectly transparent to it
and is the Notion that； in its determination； abides with itself。 The passage is therefore to be
understood here rather in this manner； that the Idea freely releases itself in its absolute
self…assurance and inner poise。 By reason of this freedom； the form of its determinateness is also
utterly free … the externality of space and time existing absolutely on its own account without the
moment of subjectivity。 In so far as this externality presents itself only in the abstract immediacy of
being and is apprehended from the standpoint of consciousness； it exists as mere objectivity and
external life； but in the Idea it remains essentially and actually ＇in and for itself＇ the totality of the
Notion； and science in the relationship to nature of divine cognition。
But in this next resolve of the pure Idea to determine itself as external Idea； it thereby only posits
for itself the mediation out of which the Notion ascends as a free Existence that has withdrawn into
itself from exteranlity； that completes its self…liberation in the science of spirit； and that finds the
supreme Notion of itself in the science of logic as the self…comprehending pure Notion。
The End