Section 165
Original German
165 Die natürliche Bestimmtheit der beyden Geschlechter erhält durch ihre Vernünftigkeit intellectuelle und sittliche Bedeutung. Diese Bedeutung ist durch den Unterschied bestimmt, in welchen sich die sittliche Substantialität als Begriff an sich selbst dirimirt, um aus ihm ihre Lebendigkeit als concrete Einheit zu gewinnen.
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.
165 The natural determinacy of the two sexes acquires, through their rationality, an intellectual and ethical significance. This significance is determined by the difference into which ethical substantiality, as concept, divides itself within itself, in order to gain from it its vitality as concrete unity.
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.
165 The natural difference between the two sexes gets an intellectual and ethical meaning because it is rational. This meaning is set by the difference into which ethical substance splits itself as concept, so that it can win its vitality out of that difference as a concrete unity.
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Section 165 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 167 of 362 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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