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The finite will, as the infinite I (§ 5) which reflects into itself and is with itself only on the side of form, stands above the content—the distinct drives—as well as above the further individual ways of their realization and satisfaction; at the same time, as something only formally infinite, it is bound to this content as the determinations of its nature and its external reality, yet, as something indeterminate, not bound to this or that specific content (§ 6, 11). For the reflection of the I into itself, this content is therefore only a possible one—to be mine or not—and I am the possibility of determining myself to this or to another—of choosing among these determinations which, from this point of view, are external to the I.

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