Section 9
Original German
9 b) Insofern die Willensbestimmungen die eigenen des Willens, seine in sich reflectirte Besonderung überhaupt sind, sind sie Inhalt. Dieser Inhalt als Inhalt des Willens ist ihm nach der in a) angegebenen Form Zweck, theils innerlicher oder subjectiver in dem vorstellenden Wollen, theils durch die Vermittelung der das Subjective in die Objectivität übersetzenden Thätigkeit verwirklichter, ausgeführter Zweck.
Musean translation
Machine-assisted Musean translation made directly from Hegel's German in the Berlin Nicolai first edition, dated 1821. Complete preface, introduction and sections 1–360, including the author's remarks and notes; no later Gans additions.
9 b) Insofar as the determinations of the will are the will’s own, its particularization reflected into itself in general, they are content. According to the form indicated in a), this content, as content of the will, is an end: partly an inward or subjective end in willing that represents its object; partly an actualized, accomplished end, through the mediation of activity translating the subjective into objectivity.
Plain English translation
Independent machine-assisted Plain English translation made directly from the German first-edition source, not from the Musean edition or an existing English translation. Complete preface, introduction and sections 1–360 with the author's remarks and notes.
9 b) Insofar as the will's determinations are its own, its particularization reflected into itself in general, they are content. As the will's content, this is its aim according to the form given in a). It is partly an inward or subjective aim in the willing that represents it, and partly a realized, accomplished aim, mediated by the activity that transfers the subjective into objectivity.
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Section 9 is part of Elements of the Philosophy of Right by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. This page sets the German original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is section 11 of 362 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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