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I can alienate my property not merely (§ 65) as an external thing; rather, through the concept, I must alienate it as property, so that my will may be objective to me as existing. But according to this moment, my will, as alienated, is at the same time an other will. |78| That, then, in which this necessity of the concept becomes real is the unity of distinct wills, in which their distinctness and peculiarity are given up. But in this identity of their wills there is, at the same time (at this stage), likewise contained the fact that each is and remains a will not identical with the other, peculiar to itself.

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  1. Hegel (Notes) Avatar
    Hegel (Notes)

    Alienation of my property – that is, not of the particular thing – this is no alienation of my will – that is, not of the side according to which property is mine as [property] of the free will, –
    That I be objective to myself as free will – that is, as another free will.
    True alienation of the will – objectification of the same
    Alienation in which I remain owner – and a preservation of it within me
    This [is the] concept, determinacy of this sphere. Likewise, to take myself back

  2. Hegel (Simple) Avatar
    Hegel (Simple)

    § 73: Why I must give property away

    We already know: I can give a thing away. Now more is at stake. I must also give property away as property. Only in this way does my will become truly tangible for me.

    What does this mean?

    When I give something to another person, he wants to have it. My will passes over into his will. In this way I see my will outside, in another human being. Then it is no longer only in me.

    Two wills become one. Both want the same thing. In this they give up their difference.

    And yet both stay different. The buyer wants the goods. The seller wants the money. Each remains a will of his own, with his own aims.

    Summary: In a contract two wills become one and yet stay two. In this way my will becomes visible in another human being.

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