Section 34
Original German
Erster Theil.
Das abstracte Recht.
34 Der an und für sich freye Wille, wie er in seinem abstracten Begriffe ist, ist in der Bestimmtheit der Unmittelbarkeit. Nach dieser ist er seine gegen die Realität negative, nur sich abstract auf sich beziehende Wirklichkeit, — in sich einzelner Wille eines Subjects. Nach dem Momente der Besonderheit des Willens hat er einen weitern Inhalt bestimmter Zwecke und als ausschließende Einzelnheit diesen Inhalt zugleich als eine äußere, unmittelbar vorgefundene Welt vor sich.
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.
Part One
Abstract Right
34 The will that is free in and for itself, as it is in its abstract concept, has the determinacy of immediacy. In accordance with this determinacy, it is its own actuality that is negative in relation to reality and relates only abstractly to itself—the inwardly individual will of a subject. In accordance with the moment of the will’s particularity, it has a further content of determinate ends; and as exclusive individuality, it has this content before it at the same time as an external world immediately found already there.
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.
Part One
Abstract Right
34 The will that is free in and for itself, taken in its abstract concept, has the character of immediacy. In this respect it is an actual reality that is negative toward reality and relates abstractly only to itself: the internally individual will of a subject. Through the moment of particularity, the will has the further content of specific purposes. As exclusive individuality, it also confronts this content as an external world immediately found before it.
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Section 34 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 36 of 362 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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