The sublation you refer to is the negation of being. It is superseded in its becoming something "new". For Hegel, this synthesis is the evolution of being, and the basis for a contingent dialectal cycle.

On a side note, I enjoy some of the existentialists that emphasize the importance of becoming for people in pointing out the relevence of the dialectical negative. it is accurate to identify them as the earliest modern psychlogists. — Merkwurdichliebe

Yes, I agree with this. The important thing to understand is that there is a "becoming" which contains both being and not being. The reality of becoming is what allows for the violation of the law of non-contradiction.

In relation to the Aristotelian format, "matter" (as the potential for what may or may not be), for Aristotle is what allows for the reality of "becoming". Marx places matter as the basic element of the idea, the foundational content, the kernel.

In relation to the Aristotelian format, "matter" (as the potential for what may or may not be), — Metaphysician Undercover

Where does Aristotle say this? Aristotle defines matter as just the physical stuff.

Dialectical materialism: An idea contains the seed of its own negation.

An example: Nietzsche says we must strive to be übermenschen. We should be supermen and the desire to do that makes us plain, garden-variety, run-of-the-mill menschen! :snicker: