Section 72
Original German
Zweyter Abschnitt.
Der Vertrag.
72 Das Eigenthum, von dem die Seite des Daseyns oder der Aeußerlichkeit nicht mehr nur eine Sache ist, sondern das Moment eines (und hiemit andern) Willens in sich enthält, kommt durch den Vertrag zu Stande, — als den Proceß, in welchem der Widerspruch, daß Ich für mich seyender, den andern Willen ausschließender Eigenthümer insofern bin und bleibe, als Ich in einem mit dem andern identischen Willen aufhöre, Eigenthümer zu seyn, sich darstellt und vermittelt.
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.
Second Division
Contract
72 Property whose side of existence or externality is no longer merely a thing, but contains within itself the moment of a will—and thus of another will—comes about through contract. Contract is the process in which the following contradiction presents itself and is mediated: I am, and remain, an owner existing for myself and excluding the other's will precisely insofar as, within a will identical with the other's, I cease to be an owner.
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.
Second Division
Contract
72 Property whose side of existence or externality is no longer just a thing, but contains the element of a will—and therefore of another will—comes about through contract. Contract is the process that presents and mediates this contradiction: I am and remain an owner existing for myself and excluding the other person's will only insofar as, within a will identical with the other's, I cease to be an owner.
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Section 72 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 74 of 362 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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