Section 89
Original German
89 Daß gegen diese Annahme der Sache blos als dieser, und gegen den blos meynenden, so wie den willkührlichen Willen, das Objective oder Allgemeine theils als Werth, erkennbar, theils als Recht geltend sey, theils die gegen das Recht subjective Willkühr aufgehoben werde, — ist hier zunächst gleichfalls nur eine Foderung.
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.
89 That, against this acceptance of the thing merely as this thing, and against the will that merely holds an opinion as well as the will that acts arbitrarily, the objective or universal should be partly recognizable as value, partly valid as right, and that arbitrary choice, subjective in opposition to right, should be sublated—this, here too, is initially only a demand.
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.
89 Against this acceptance of the thing merely as this thing, and against the will that merely holds an opinion as well as the will that acts arbitrarily, the objective or universal should be recognizable as value and valid as right. Subjective arbitrary choice opposed to right should also be overcome. Here, too, all this is at first only a demand.
About this section
Section 89 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 91 of 362 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
Open the work page for the full contents, every edition, and the download links, or go back to Explore to browse other complete works in the European tradition. The reader keeps your place when you are signed in and lets you compare the original with each translation, one edition at a time.