Thesis, Antithesis and Synthesis.

Hegel's dialect looks to explain how there are no objects, only change. He coined a triad theory to explain this.

When something happens it is "thesis", he then said that there must be an opposition to it, and it brings about the creation of its "antithesis" which eventually results in a "synthesis"- the final result of the clash between the thesis and antithesis.

For example lets look at the class struggle. The ruling class will take the place of the thesis. They have the power, money and control. The working class, the oppressed, take the place of the antithesis as they are the opposite. As a result, the working class revolt against the ruling class and we have a revolution, the synthesis.

In a historical context we could place the thesis as The Ancient Greek State. The antithesis (the opposition) would be the criminals and barbarians or the other State that does not approve of the Greek State. The synthesis (the outcome) is war.

The synthesis is however not always the final outcome. As new phases may begin that creates additional change. But his theory is that change happens in a process of three, an idea, an opposing idea, and the clash between the two.

In more modern terms, we could view the thesis as a home team, the antithesis as a away team, and the synthesis would be a football match. The result of the match may mean one team wins, but the additional matches that they will play to get further up in the league are new phases, this one match is only one phase in the process of change.