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|330| II. Sovereignty in Relation to Foreign States

Sovereignty in the internal sphere (§ 278) is this ideality insofar as the moments of spirit and of its actuality, the state, are developed in their necessity and subsist as members of it. But spirit, as in freedom an infinitely negative relation to itself, is just as essentially being-for-itself, which has taken up into itself the subsisting difference and is thereby exclusive. In this determination, the state has individuality, which exists essentially as an individual and, in the sovereign, as an actual, immediate individual (§ 279).

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    § 321: Sovereignty toward the outside

    We already know sovereignty inside the state. In it all parts of the state are members of one whole.

    What comes in addition?

    The state is also an individual that sets itself apart from others. It is for itself and excludes others. It has this individuality as an actual person in the monarch.

    Summary: The state is not only structured inside. Toward the outside it is also an individual. This individuality is actual in the monarch.

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