Section 153
Original German
153 Das Recht der Individuen für ihre subjective Bestimmung zur Freyheit hat darin, daß sie der sittlichen Wirklichkeit angehören, seine Erfüllung, indem die Gewißheit ihrer Freyheit in solcher Objectivität ihre Wahrheit hat, und sie im Sittlichen ihr eigenes Wesen, ihre innere Allgemeinheit wirklich besitzen. (§. 147.)
Auf die Frage eines Vaters, nach der besten Weise seinen Sohn sittlich zu erziehen, gab ein Pythagoräer (auch anderen wird sie in den Mund gelegt) die Antwort: wenn du ihn zum Bürger eines Staats von guten Gesetzen machst.
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.
153 The right of individuals to their subjective determination to freedom finds its fulfillment in their belonging to ethical actuality, since the certainty of their freedom has its truth in such objectivity, and they in the ethical actually possess their own essence, their inner universality. (§ 147.)
To a father's question about the best way to educate his son ethically, a Pythagorean (it is put in the mouths of others too) gave the answer: if you make him the citizen of a state with good laws.
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.
153 The right of individuals to their subjective determination to freedom is fulfilled in their belonging to ethical actuality. For the certainty of their freedom has its truth in such objectivity, and in the ethical they actually possess their own essence, their inner universality. (§ 147.)
A father asked how best to educate his son ethically. A Pythagorean gave this answer (others are also said to have given it): "By making him a citizen of a state with good laws."
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Section 153 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 155 of 362 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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