Unity and Relation in Hegel—Extrinsic Relation, Immanent Synthesis and Immediate Relation

This theoretical–speculative text is structured to emphasize both the novel interpretation of the concept of relation and the value of unity, understood not as unification (i.e., as synthesis), but as a compact unity: the unity that belongs solely to the absolute. The extrinsic relation (äusserliche Beziehung) is a mono-dyadic construct, indicating the conjunction of two extreme terms and a middle term that connects them. The immanent synthesis (immanente Synthesis), according to Hegelian intentions, serves as the sublation of the extrinsic relation, since it indissolubly binds the determinations. Only the immediate relation (unmittelbare Verhältniss) indicates that intrinsic bond, which structurally constitutes determinate identity and which must necessarily result in its sublation.