Section 201
Original German
201 Die unendlich mannigfachen Mittel und deren eben so unendlich sich verschränkende Bewegung in der gegenseitigen Hervorbringung und Austauschung sammelt durch die ihrem Inhalte inwohnende Allgemeinheit und unterscheidet sich in allgemeinen Massen, so daß der ganze Zusammenhang sich zu besonderen Systemen der Bedürfnisse, ihrer Mittel und Arbeiten, der Arten und Weisen der Befriedigung und der theoretischen und praktischen Bildung, — Systemen, denen die Individuen zugetheilt sind, — zu einem Unterschiede der Stände, ausbildet.
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.
201 The endlessly manifold means, and the equally endless interlacing of their movement in mutual production and exchange, gathers itself through the universality dwelling in its content, and differentiates itself into universal masses, so that the whole interconnection develops into particular systems of needs, of their means and labors, of the kinds and modes of satisfaction, and of theoretical and practical cultivation—systems to which individuals are assigned—and thus into a distinction of estates.
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.
201 The means are endlessly varied. Their movement in mutual production and exchange is equally endlessly intertwined. Through the universality inherent in their content, they gather and divide into general groups. In this way the whole connection develops into particular systems of needs, their means and kinds of work, ways of satisfying them, and theoretical and practical education. Individuals are assigned to these systems. This produces the distinction between the estates.
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