Section 300
Original German
300 In der gesetzgebenden Gewalt als Totalität sind zunächst die zwey andern Momente wirksam, das monarchische als dem die höchste Entscheidung zukommt, — die Regierungsgewalt als das, mit der concreten Kenntniß und Uebersicht des Ganzen in seinen vielfachen Seiten und den darin festgewordenen wirklichen Grundsätzen, so wie mit der Kenntniß der Bedürfnisse der Staatsgewalt insbesondere, berathende Moment, — endlich das ständische Element.
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.
300 In the legislative power as a totality, the other two moments are active first: the monarchical moment, to which the ultimate decision belongs; the executive power, as the advisory moment possessing concrete knowledge and oversight of the whole in its manifold aspects and the actual principles that have become firmly established within it, as well as knowledge of the needs of state power in particular; and finally, the element of the estates.
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.
300 In the legislative power as a totality, the two other elements are first at work. One is the monarchical element, to which the highest decision belongs. The second is the governing power, which is the advising element, with its concrete knowledge and overview of the whole in its many sides and the real principles that have become established in it, and with its knowledge of the needs of the state power in particular. Last comes the estates element.
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