Section 240
Original German
240 Gleicherweise hat sie die Pflicht und das Recht über die, welche durch Verschwendung die Sicherheit ihrer und ihrer Familie Subsistenz vernichten, in Vormundschaft zu nehmen und an ihrer Stelle den Zweck der Gesellschaft und den ihrigen auszuführen.
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.
240 In the same way it has the duty and the right to take under guardianship those who by wastefulness destroy the security of their own and their family's subsistence, and to carry out in their place the end of society and their own.
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.
240 In the same way, it has the duty and the right to take under guardianship those who destroy through extravagance the security of their own and their family's subsistence. In their place it carries out the purpose of society and their own.
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Section 240 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 242 of 362 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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