The great movement of thinking goes through four stages of development,mathematical form,absolute form,theory of form and hyle,inner form,and finally resolves contradictory opinions concerning essence and phenomenology,esthesia and reason,general and inpidua.
它涵括了数理形式(毕达哥拉斯学派)、绝对形式(柏拉图)、形式质料说(亚里士多德)、内在理式(普洛丁)四个环节,最终在形而上学领域中消除了本质和现象、理性与感性、一般与个别之间的对立。