Question:

Arrange the following sentences in the correct logical order:
1. In the concept, universality, particularity, and individuality are understood as being immediately identical to each other.
2. As immediately identical, these "moments of the concept" cannot be separated.
3. This means that they must be thought of as a single unity, that none of the three can be understood apart from the others, since in the concept their identity is posited, and each of its moments can only be grasped immediately on the basis of and together with the others.
4. The interrelation of universality, particularity, and individuality is otherwise in judgment.

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Find the sentence that introduces the three terms with no backward-pointing word, then trace "these," "this means," and "otherwise" to their antecedents.
Updated On: Jul 10, 2026
  • 1, 2, 3, 4
  • 3, 2, 4, 1
  • 4, 1, 2, 3
  • 2, 3, 1, 4
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The Correct Option is A

Solution and Explanation

Step 1: Find the sentence that opens the passage.
An opening sentence should introduce the three terms fresh, without a pronoun or connector reaching back to an earlier line. Sentence 1 does this: it names "universality, particularity, and individuality" for the first time and states the key claim that, in the concept, these three are "immediately identical to each other." Sentences 2, 3, and 4 all lean on ideas already introduced (Sentence 2 uses "these," Sentence 3 uses "this means," and Sentence 4 uses "otherwise," which needs a prior case for contrast), so none of them can open the passage.

Step 2: Attach sentence 2 to sentence 1.
Sentence 2 begins "As immediately identical, these 'moments of the concept' cannot be separated." The phrase "immediately identical" and "these moments" repeat the exact idea and words from sentence 1, so sentence 2 is a direct continuation of sentence 1, restating it as a consequence: because they are identical, they cannot be separated.

Step 3: Attach sentence 3 to sentence 2, then close with sentence 4.
Sentence 3 opens with "This means," pointing back to the claim just made in sentence 2, that the moments cannot be separated, and unpacking it further: they must be seen as one single unity, with none of the three understandable apart from the others. This is a natural elaboration of sentence 2, so it comes right after it. Sentence 4 then closes the passage with "otherwise," drawing a contrast: after describing how the three terms behave "in the concept" (sentences 1 to 3), sentence 4 notes that their interrelation is different "in judgment." A contrast line naturally comes last, once the first case has been fully laid out.

Final Answer:
The logical order is 1, 2, 3, 4. \[ \boxed{1,\ 2,\ 3,\ 4} \]
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