Section 339
Original German
339 Sonst beruht das gegenseitige Verhalten im Kriege (z. B. daß Gefangene gemacht werden) und was im Frieden ein Staat den Angehörigen eines Andern an Rechten für den Privatverkehr einräumt u. s. f., vornämlich auf den Sitten der Nationen, als der innern unter allen Verhältnissen sich erhaltenden Allgemeinheit des Betragens.
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.
339 Otherwise the mutual conduct in war (for example, that prisoners are taken) and the rights that a state grants in peacetime to the subjects of another for private dealings, and the like, rest chiefly on the customs of nations, as the inner universality of conduct that maintains itself under all circumstances.
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.
339 Otherwise the mutual conduct in war (for example, that prisoners are taken) rests chiefly on the customs of nations. So does what rights a state grants in peacetime to the members of another state for private dealings, and so on. Customs are the inner universality of conduct that is kept up in all circumstances.
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