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    It is not the case that The open-ended structure of aesthetic feeling is particularly suitable for the pursuit of the Absolute.

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    • 1.Hegel argues the Absolute is grasped through determinate conceptual negation, not open-ended feeling, in the Science of Logic.
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    • 2.Open-endedness without dialectical structure produces mere indefinite yearning, which regresses rather than approximates the Absolute.
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    • 3.Schlegel's own Athenaeum fragments show that irony, not aesthetic feeling, is the proper vehicle for infinite approximation.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Schopenhauer demonstrates that aesthetic experience momentarily dissolves the will entirely, producing stasis rather than forward-striving pursuit.
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    • 2.A state that suspends striving cannot be structurally suited for the pursuit of anything, including the Absolute.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.The Absolute can never be fully determined.
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    • 2.A stance that approximates the Absolute must itself be open-ended.
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    • 3.Aesthetic feeling is open-ended and future-oriented.
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