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Full Idea
Where contradictions appear there is a correlation of contraries, which is relation. If a contradiction is imposed on the intelligence, it is forced to think of a relation to transform the contradiction into a correlation, which draws the soul higher.
Gist of Idea
Two contradictories force us to find a relation which will correlate them
Source
report of Plato (works [c.375 BCE]) by Simone Weil - God in Plato p.70
Book Ref
Weil,Simone: 'Late Philosophical Writings' [Notre Dame 2015], p.70
A Reaction
A much better account of the dialectic than anything I have yet seen in Hegel. For the first time I see some sense in it. A contradiction is not a falsehood, and it must be addressed rather than side-stepped. A kink in the system, that needs ironing.