The'!, has neither to ding to itself in the form of self consciousness as against the form of substantiality and objectivity, as if it were afraid of theexternalization of itself: the power of Spirit lies rather in remaining the selfsame Spirit in its externalization and, as that which is both in itself and for itself, in making its being for self no less merely a moment than its in itself; nor is Spirit a tertium quid that casts the differences back into the abyss of the Absolute and declares that therein they are all the same; on the contrary, knowing is this seeming inactivity which merely contemplates how what is differentiated spontaneously moves in its own self and returns in to its unity.