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This relation is thus the mediation of a will identical in owners existing for themselves in absolute distinction, and it contains this: that each, through his own will and that of the other, ceases to be an owner, remains an owner, and becomes an owner; — the mediation of the will to give up one single piece of property, and of the will to take on such a piece of property, and hence that of another, within the identical connection that the one act of willing arrives at its resolve only insofar as the other act of willing is present.

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    § 74: Each gives and each gets

    In a contract, three things happen at once. Each person stops being an owner. Each person remains an owner. And each person becomes an owner.

    An example: Anna swaps her bike for Ben’s guitar. Anna loses the bike. She gets the guitar. And she stays an owner the whole time, only of something else. It is the same for Ben.

    What matters here:

    No one decides alone. Anna gives the bike only because Ben gives the guitar. Ben gives the guitar only because Anna gives the bike. One will arrives at its resolve only when the other will is present.

    Summary: In a contract, two decisions hang on each other. Each gives, each gets, and both remain owners.

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