Section 159
Original German
159 Das Recht, welches dem Einzelnen auf den Grund der Familien-Einheit zukommt, und was zunächst sein Leben in dieser Einheit selbst ist, tritt nur insofern in die Form Rechtens als des abstracten Momentes der bestimmten Einzelnheit, hervor, als die Familie in die Auflösung übergeht, und die, welche als Glieder seyn sollen, in ihrer Gesinnung und Wirklichkeit, als selbstständige Personen werden, und was sie in der Familie für ein bestimmtes Moment ausmachten, nun in der Absonderung, also nur nach äußerlichen Seiten (Vermögen, Alimentation, Kosten der Erziehung u. dergl.) erhalten.
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.
159 The right that falls to the individual on the ground of the unity of the family, and which at first is his very life within this unity, steps forth into the form of right as the abstract moment of determinate individuality only insofar as the family passes into dissolution, and those who are to be members become, in their disposition and in actuality, self-sufficient persons, and what they constituted in the family as a determinate moment they now receive in separation, and so only according to external aspects (wealth, maintenance, the costs of education, and the like).
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.
159 The right that belongs to the individual on the basis of the family's unity, and that is at first simply his life within this unity, comes forward in the form of legal right, as the abstract moment of determinate individuality, only when the family moves into dissolution. Those who were meant to be members then become independent persons, in their attitude and in their actual lives. What they made up as a definite moment within the family, they now receive separately, and so only in its external aspects (property, support, the cost of education and the like).
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Section 159 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 161 of 362 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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