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truth of being to be immanent within thought, rather than something that is just “out there.” the latter is the viewpoint of ordinary consciousness. So Hegel says fine, we’ll take your standpoint, start from there, and show you how it’ll lead to the Absolute.
For Hegel, being has a logical or conceptual structure, and we discern that structure within that of thought and its categories. (365)