Section 263
Original German
263 In diesen Sphären, in denen seine Momente, die Einzelnheit und Besonderheit, ihre unmittelbare und reflectirte Realität haben, ist der Geist als ihre in sie scheinende objective Allgemeinheit, als die Macht des Vernünftigen in der Nothwendigkeit, (§. 184.) nämlich als die im Vorherigen betrachteten Institutionen.
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.
263 In these spheres, in which its moments, individuality and particularity, have their immediate and their reflected reality, spirit is the objective universality shining into them, as the power of the rational in necessity (§ 184)—namely, as the institutions considered in what precedes.
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.
263 In these spheres, where its moments, individuality and particularity, have their immediate and their reflected reality, spirit is the objective universality shining into them. It is the power of the rational in necessity (§ 184). That is, it is the institutions considered above.
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