Section 335
Original German
335 Ueberdem kann der Staat als Geistiges überhaupt nicht dabey stehen bleiben, bloß die Wirklichkeit der Verletzung beachten zu wollen, sondern es kommt die Vorstellung von einer solchen als einer von einem anderen Staate drohenden Gefahr, mit dem Herauf- und Hinabgehen an größeren oder geringeren Wahrscheinlichkeiten, Vermuthungen der Absichten u. s. f. als Ursache von Zwisten hinzu.
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.
335 Moreover, the state, as something spiritual, cannot in general stop at wanting to regard merely the actuality of an injury; rather, the idea of one, as a danger threatening from another state, with its rising and falling through greater or lesser probabilities, conjectures about intentions, and so on, enters as a cause of quarrels.
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.
335 Moreover, the state, being spiritual, cannot in general stay with wanting to heed only the actuality of an injury. The idea of an injury as a danger threatening from another state also comes in as a cause of quarrels. With it come ups and downs in greater or lesser probabilities, guesses about intentions and so on.
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Section 335 is part of Elements of the Philosophy of Right by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. This page sets the German original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is section 337 of 362 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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