Section 248
Original German
248 Dieser erweiterte Zusammenhang bietet auch das Mittel der Kolonisation, zu welcher — einer sporadischen oder systematischen — die ausgebildete bürgerliche Gesellschaft getrieben wird, und wodurch sie theils einem Theil ihrer Bevölkerung in einem neuen Boden die Rückkehr zum Familienprincip, theils sich selbst damit einen neuen Bedarf und Feld ihres Arbeitsfleißes verschafft.
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.
248 This extended connection also offers the means of colonization, to which developed civil society is driven, whether sporadic or systematic, and by which it provides, partly for a portion of its population, a return to the family principle on new soil, and partly for itself a new demand and a new field for its industrious labor.
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.
248 This widened connection also offers the means of colonization. Developed civil society is driven to it, either in scattered fashion or systematically. Through it, civil society gives part of its population a return to the family principle on new soil. It also gives itself a new demand and a new field for its industrious labor.
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