Section 332
Original German
332 Die unmittelbare Wirklichkeit, in der die Staaten zu einander sind, besondert sich zu mannigfaltigen Verhältnissen, deren Bestimmung von der beyderseitigen selbstständigen Willkühr ausgeht, und somit die formelle Natur von Verträgen überhaupt hat. Der Stoff dieser Verträge ist jedoch von unendlich geringerer Mannigfaltigkeit, als in der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft, in der die einzelnen nach den vielfachsten Rücksichten in gegenseitiger Abhängigkeit stehen, da hingegen selbstständige Staaten vornämlich sich in sich befriedigende Ganze sind.
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.
332 The immediate actuality in which states stand to one another particularizes itself into manifold relations, whose determination proceeds from the independent arbitrary choice of both sides, and so has the formal nature of contracts in general. The matter of these contracts, however, is of infinitely less variety than in civil society, where individuals stand in mutual dependence in the most manifold respects, whereas independent states are chiefly wholes that satisfy themselves within themselves.
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.
332 The immediate actuality in which states stand to one another divides into many kinds of relations. Their terms come from the independent arbitrary choice of both sides, and so they have the formal nature of contracts in general. The material of these contracts, however, is infinitely less varied than in civil society. In civil society individuals depend on one another in the most manifold ways, whereas independent states are chiefly wholes that satisfy themselves within themselves.
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