Does Jacobi`s unphilosophical criticism of the system apply to Hegel`s metaphysics of absolute negativity? Hegel`s system is seen as the pinnacle of systematic-systemic philosophizing. Meaningful criticism would seem impossible. Jacobi attempts to find a critical mode that emerges from the system`s own logic without being trapped by it. Althof examines the leap that is and " and "unphilosophy and " and " and applies it against the mature Hegelian system.