Section 199
Original German
c) Das Vermögen.
199 In dieser Abhängigkeit und Gegenseitigkeit der Arbeit und der Befriedigung der Bedürfnisse schlägt die subjective Selbstsucht in den Beytrag zur Befriedigung der Bedürfnisse Aller andern um, — in die Vermittelung des Besondern durch das Allgemeine als dialektische Bewegung, so daß indem jeder für sich erwirbt, producirt und genießt, er eben damit für den Genuß der übrigen producirt und erwirbt. Diese Nothwendigkeit, die in der allseitigen Verschlingung der Abhängigkeit Aller liegt, ist nunmehr für jeden das allgemeine, bleibende Vermögen (s. §. 170.), das für ihn die Möglichkeit enthält, durch seine Bildung und Geschicklichkeit daran Theil zu nehmen, um für seine Subsistenz gesichert zu seyn, so wie dieser durch seine Arbeit vermittelte Erwerb das allgemeine Vermögen erhält und vermehrt.
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.
c) Wealth
199 In this dependence and reciprocity of labor and of the satisfaction of needs, subjective selfishness turns into the contribution toward the satisfaction of the needs of all others—into the mediation of the particular through the universal as a dialectical movement—so that in acquiring, producing, and enjoying for himself, each one thereby produces and acquires for the enjoyment of the rest. This necessity, which lies in the all-sided entanglement of the dependence of all, is now for each individual the universal, abiding wealth (see § 170.), which contains for him the possibility of partaking of it through his cultivation and skill, so as to be secure in his subsistence, just as this acquisition, mediated through his labor, sustains and increases the universal wealth.
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.
c) Resources
199 In this dependence and mutuality of work and the satisfaction of needs, subjective selfishness turns into a contribution toward satisfying everyone else's needs. It becomes the mediation of the particular through the universal, a dialectical movement. In earning, producing, and enjoying for himself, each person thereby produces and earns for the enjoyment of others. This necessity, which lies in the complete interweaving of everyone's dependence, is now for each person the universal, lasting resources (see § 170.). These hold out the possibility of sharing in them through his education and skill, so that his livelihood is secured. In turn, what he earns through his work preserves and increases these universal resources.
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