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β) Through formation, the determination that something is mine acquires an externality subsisting on its own account, and ceases to be restricted to my presence in this space and at this time, and to the presence of my knowing and willing.

Formation is, in this respect, the mode of taking possession most adequate to the Idea, since it unites the subjective and the objective within itself; it is, moreover, infinitely various according to the qualitative nature of the objects and the diversity of subjective ends. – To this also belongs the formation of the organic, in which what I do to it does not remain something external but is assimilated: the tilling of the soil, the cultivation of plants, the taming, feeding, and tending of animals; further, mediating arrangements for the use of elemental materials or forces, contrived effects of one material upon another, and so forth.

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  1. Hegel (Notes) Avatar
    Hegel (Notes)

    [zu § 56] β) My will presents itself objectively – representing objectively – in the sign representing subjectively
    Forming makes α) my will objective, external, abiding, and β) leaves the thing objective – and lets the thing remain abiding

    [zu § 56 Anm.] Taking possession is completed only through consuming, desire – in β) provision – for future use.
    Tending, feeding the animals – es) works over the form – it does not remain a merely external form here at all, in that I do something to it – to it, insofar as it is living, self-standing. – Tending, i.e. not shooting fish, game, to the point of extermination – not catching away the brood of fish. – Taming – producing a habit in them –
    Mills; – windmills –
    [above: ] that is, what I do to it

  2. Eduard Gans (Additions) Avatar
    Eduard Gans (Additions)

    This forming can, empirically, take on the most varied shapes. The field which I cultivate is thereby formed. In relation to the inorganic, the forming is not always direct. If, for example, I build a windmill, I have not formed the air, but I make a form for the utilization of the air, which may not for that reason be taken from me, because I have not formed it myself. Even my sparing of game can be regarded as a mode of forming, for it is a conduct with a view to the preservation of the object. Only the training of animals is, admittedly, a more direct forming, proceeding more from myself.

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