Hegel on the abstract nature of being and nothingness

Note 14. To the Subsection “Hegel’s Logic

Hegel stated the following: “But every additional and more concrete characterization causes Being to lose that integrity and simplicity it has in the beginning. Only in, and by virtue of, this mere generality is it Nothing, something inexpressible, whereof the distinction from Nothing is a mere intention or meaning. All that is wanted is to realize that these beginnings are nothing but these empty abstractions, one as empty as the other.” Hegel’s Logic, 127.