Section 193
Original German
193 Dieß Moment wird so eine besondere Zweckbestimmung für die Mittel für sich und deren Besitz, so wie für die Art und Weise der Befriedigung der Bedürfnisse. Es enthält ferner unmittelbar die Forderung der Gleichheit mit den andern hierin; das Bedürfniß dieser Gleichheit einerseits und das Sich-gleich-machen, die Nachahmung, wie andererseits das Bedürfniß der darin eben so vorhandenen Besonderheit, sich durch eine Auszeichnung geltend zu machen, wird selbst eine wirkliche Quelle der Vervielfältigung der Bedürfnisse und ihrer Verbreitung.
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.
193 This moment thus becomes a particular determination of purpose for the means as such and for their possession, as well as for the manner and mode of satisfying needs. It further contains immediately the demand for equality with others in this respect; the need for this equality, on the one side, and the making of oneself equal, imitation, as on the other side the need of the particularity just as much present therein, to assert itself through some mark of distinction—this becomes itself a real source of the multiplication of needs and of their diffusion.
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.
193 This element thus becomes a particular purpose governing the means themselves and their possession, as well as the way needs are satisfied. It also directly contains the demand for equality with others in these respects. On one side there is the need for this equality, and making oneself equal to others—imitation. On the other is the equally present need of particularity to assert itself through some distinction. Both become actual sources of the multiplication and spread of needs.
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Section 193 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 195 of 362 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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