Asserts that "teachability" is a speculative concept that has for its form and content the absolute, suggesting that its dialectical movement and speculative significance are mis-recognized when the illusionary nature of its constitutive moments is suppressed. The essay outlines the speculative nature of the master/slave relationship in Hegel's "Phenomenology," then uses that relation to critique the mis-recognition of teachability in three other works by Friere, Bauman, and Blake. (SM)