concrete universal

American  

noun

Hegelianism.

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

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Etymology

Origin of concrete universal

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Again Hegel does not suspect a mistake but proceeds to synthesise particular and universal in the individual, or concrete universal.

From Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy by Russell, Bertrand

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.

From John Dewey's logical theory by Howard, Delton Thomas

It is fused as perception into concept and carries its immediacy and concreteness of detail into the concrete universal as the complete organization of stimulation and response pass into the flexible habit.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

So we must consider this universal as an absolutely concrete universal.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir