Section 116
Original German
116 Meine eigene That ist es zwar nicht, wenn Dinge, deren Eigenthümer ich bin, und die als äußerliche in mannichfaltigem Zusammenhange stehen und wirken, (wie es auch mit mir selbst als mechanischem Körper oder als Lebendigem der Fall seyn kann,) andern dadurch Schaden verursachen. Dieser fällt mir aber mehr oder weniger zur Last, weil jene Dinge überhaupt die Meinigen, jedoch auch nach ihrer eigenthümlichen Natur nur mehr oder weniger meiner Herrschaft, Aufmerksamkeit u. s. f. unterworfen sind.
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.
116 It is indeed not my own deed when things of which I am the owner, and which as external stand and work in manifold connection (as can also be the case with myself as a mechanical body or as a living being), cause harm to others. Yet this falls upon me more or less, because those things are in general mine, though in accordance with their own nature they are subject only more or less to my mastery, attention, and so on.
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.
116 It is not my own deed when things of which I am the owner, and which as external things stand and act in many connections (as can also be the case with myself as a mechanical body or as a living being), cause harm to others. But the harm falls on me to a greater or lesser degree. Those things are, after all, mine, yet by their own nature they are subject to my control, attention and so on only to a greater or lesser degree.
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Section 116 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 118 of 362 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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