Section 145
Original German
145 Daß das Sittliche das System dieser Bestimmungen der Idee ist, macht die Vernünftigkeit desselben aus. Es ist auf diese Weise die Freyheit oder der an und für sich seyende Wille als das Objective, Kreis der Nothwendigkeit, dessen Momente die sittlichen Mächte sind, welche das Leben der Individuen regieren und in diesen als ihren Accidenzen, ihre Vorstellung, erscheinende Gestalt und Wirklichkeit haben.
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.
145 That the ethical is the system of these determinations of the Idea constitutes its rationality. In this way it is freedom, or the will existing in and for itself, as the objective, a circle of necessity whose moments are the ethical powers that govern the life of individuals and have in these, as their accidents, their representation, their appearing shape and actuality.
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.
145 That the ethical is the system of these determinations of the Idea makes up its rationality. In this way it is freedom, or the will that exists in and for itself, as the objective, a circle of necessity. Its moments are the ethical powers which govern the life of individuals. In these individuals, as their accidents, the powers have their representation, their appearing shape and their actuality.
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