Section 36
Original German
36 1) Die Persönlichkeit enthält überhaupt die Rechtsfähigkeit und macht den Begriff und die selbst abstracte Grundlage des abstracten und daher formellen Rechtes aus. Das Rechtsgebot ist daher: sey eine Person und respectire die andern als Personen.
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.
36 1) Personality contains, in general, the capacity for rights and constitutes the concept and foundation—itself abstract—of abstract and therefore formal right. The command of right is therefore: be a person and respect others as persons.
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.
36 1) Personality includes the general capacity to have rights. It constitutes the concept of abstract and therefore formal right, and the foundation of that right, which is itself abstract. The command of right is therefore: be a person and respect others as persons.
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Section 36 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 38 of 362 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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