Section 229
Original German
229 In der Rechtspflege führt sich die bürgerliche Gesellschaft, in der sich die Idee in der Besonderheit verloren und in die Trennung des Innern und Aeußern auseinandergegangen ist, zu deren Begriffe, der Einheit des an sich seyenden Allgemeinen mit der subjectiven Besonderheit zurück, jedoch diese im einzelnen Falle und jenes in der Bedeutung des abstracten Rechts. Die Verwirklichung dieser Einheit in der Ausdehnung auf den ganzen Umfang der Besonderheit, zunächst als relativer Vereinigung, macht die Bestimmung der Polizey, und in beschränkter, aber concreter Totalität, die Corporation aus.
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.
229 In the administration of justice, civil society, in which the idea has lost itself in particularity and has fallen apart into the separation of the inner and the outer, leads itself back to its concept, the unity of the universal that is in itself with subjective particularity, though the latter in the individual case and the former in the significance of abstract right. The realization of this unity, in extension over the whole compass of particularity, at first as a relative union, constitutes the determination of the police, and, in a limited but concrete totality, of the corporation.
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.
229 In the administration of justice, civil society returns to its concept. In civil society the idea had been lost in particularity and had split apart into inner and outer. The concept is the unity of the universal that exists in itself with subjective particularity. Yet in the administration of justice this subjective particularity is present in the individual case, and the universal has the meaning of abstract right. The realization of this unity, extended to the whole range of particularity, is at first a relative union. This is the task of the police. In a limited but concrete totality, it is the task of the corporation.
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