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|341| Since, in their relation of independence, states stand over against one another as particular wills, and the validity of treaties rests precisely on this, while the particular will of the whole is, with regard to its content, its welfare in general, this welfare is the supreme law governing its conduct towards others — all the more so since the Idea of the state is precisely that in it the opposition between right as abstract freedom and the particular content that fulfils it, namely welfare, is superseded, and the first recognition of states (§ 331) applies to them as concrete wholes.

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    § 336: The welfare of the state as the highest law

    States stand over against each other as particular wills. The validity of their treaties also depends on this.

    What does a state want?

    Its welfare. That is the highest law in its conduct toward other states.

    Why?

    In the Idea of the state, right and welfare are no longer separate. And the others recognize a state as a concrete whole, with its whole life.

    Summary: In relation to other states, the welfare of one’s own state is the highest law. For in the state right and welfare form one.

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