genus

Genus (Gattung), 3, 14, 37fn, 38, 42, 77, 128, 433 (Hegel); generic, 399, 403; being is not a, 3, 14, 38; Dasein is not a, 42, 128; relation, as formal, is not a, 77. (BT)


Genus est unum, quod de pluribus specie differentibus in eo quod quid est praedicatur. “Curved, closed line” – the genus of the circle – is predicated of many things that are distinct in species (ellipse). Still, the predicate (Aussage) captures what the circle in itself is. (GA18:16)