Section 321
Original German
321 II. Die Souverainetät gegen Aussen.
Die Souverainetät nach Innen (§. 278.) ist diese Idealität insofern, als die Momente des Geistes und seiner Wirklichkeit, des Staates, in ihrer Nothwendigkeit entfaltet sind, und als Glieder desselben bestehen. Aber der Geist als in der Freyheit unendlich negative Beziehung auf sich, ist eben so wesentlich Für-sich-seyn, das den bestehenden Unterschied in sich aufgenommen hat, und damit ausschließend ist. Der Staat hat in dieser Bestimmung Individualität, welche wesentlich als Individuum, und im Souverain als wirkliches, unmittelbares Individuum ist (§. 279.).
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.
321 II. Sovereignty toward the Outside.
Sovereignty inwardly (§ 278) is this ideality in so far as the moments of spirit and of its actuality, the state, are unfolded in their necessity and subsist as its members. But spirit, as in freedom an infinitely negative relation to itself, is just as essentially being-for-itself, which has taken the subsisting difference into itself and is thereby exclusive. In this determination the state has individuality, which is essentially as an individual, and in the sovereign as an actual, immediate individual (§ 279).
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.
321 II. Sovereignty toward the outside.
Sovereignty toward the inside (§ 278) is this ideality insofar as the moments of spirit and of its actuality, the state, are unfolded in their necessity and stand as its members. But spirit, being in freedom an infinitely negative relation to itself, is just as essentially being-for-itself. It has taken the existing difference into itself, and so it is exclusive. In this determination the state has individuality. This individuality is essentially an individual, and in the sovereign it is an actual, immediate individual (§ 279).
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