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  1. Aufheben

    Aufheben ([ˈʔaʊ̯fˌheːbm̩, -bən] (listen)) or Aufhebung ([ˈaʊ̯fˌheːbʊŋ] (listen)) is a German word with several seemingly contradictory meanings, including "to lift up", "to abolish", "cancel" or "suspend", or "to sublate". The term has also been defined as "abolish", "preserve", and "transcend". In philosophy, aufheben is used by Hegel in his exposition of dialectics, and in this sense is translated mainly as "sublate".(Jacques Derrida's preferred French translation of the term was relever.)

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  1. Aufheben

    Aufheben or Aufhebung is a German word with several seemingly contradictory meanings, including "to lift up", "to abolish", or "to sublate". The term has also been defined as "abolish", "preserve", and "transcend". In philosophy, aufheben is used by Hegel to explain what happens when a thesis and antithesis interact, particularly via the term "sublate". The British Marxian journal Aufheben takes its name from this concept.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of aufheben in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of aufheben in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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