in-itself

is n hegelian dialects, that which is less developed... that which does not yet show itself. The important thing is to see the transition between things, their interconnection, and not to separate things with an impenetrable barrier.

In dialectics, it means less developed, not yet showing itself. Thus, the important thing is to see the transition between things, their interconnection and not to separate things with an impenetrable barrier. In a social process, 'in itself' means (for example) 'the voters' people who do not yet have any other being than being 'out there' as so many individuals. (marxist.org)

is that which a thing is implicitly. Development is the transition from the 'in itself' to the 'for itself' : The embryo is 'in itself' (a human being, but not yet 'for itself'). It does not yet show itself.

He therefore reinterprets the concept of the 'in itself' to mean that which a thing is implicitly. Development is then the transition from the 'in itself' to the 'for itself':Though the embryo is indeed in itself a human being, it is not so for itself... this it only is as cultivated reason, which has made itself into what it is in itself

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in itself