Section 266
Original German
266 Aber der Geist ist nicht nur als diese Nothwendigkeit und als ein Reich der Erscheinung, sondern als die Idealität derselben, und als ihr Inneres sich objectiv und wirklich; so ist diese substantielle Allgemeinheit sich selbst Gegenstand und Zweck, und jene Nothwendigkeit hierdurch sich eben so sehr in Gestalt der Freyheit.
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.
266 But spirit is objective and actual to itself not only as this necessity and as a realm of appearance, but as the ideality of that necessity and as its inner; thus this substantial universality is itself its own object and end, and that necessity is thereby just as much in the shape of freedom.
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.
266 But spirit is objective and actual not only as this necessity and as a realm of appearance. It is so also as the ideality of this necessity and as its inner side. In this way this substantial universality is itself its own object and aim, and that necessity thereby has just as much the shape of freedom.
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