Jena Philosophy of Spirit

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|260| no longer alien power, but the known universal will¹⁴²⁾ – tyranny is overthrown by the peoples because it is said to be abominable, base and so forth, – but in fact only because it is superfluous, – the memory of the tyrant is abhorred; – he is precisely therein also this spirit certain of itself, which as the god acts only in itself and for itself, and is prepared only for the ingratitude of his people – But were he wise, – he would himself lay aside his tyranny as soon as it is superfluous, – but as it is, his divinity is only the divinity of the animal, the blind necessity, which deserves to be abhorred precisely [as] evil – Robespierre went about it thus –, his strength has left him, because necessity has left him, – and so he was overthrown by force – What is necessary happens – but each part of necessity is usually allotted only to singulars¹⁴³⁾ – the one is the accuser and defender, the other judge, the third executioner, but all are necessary.

142) In the margin: they make it their own – flattery acquires that which they flatter – self-abasement is taking possession of that before which one abases oneself

143) In the margin: Fear has vanished in obedience

– The¹⁴⁴⁾ rule of law is now not this law-giving, as if there were none there, but they are there –, and the relation is the movement of those cultivated to obedience towards the commonwealth; this existing essence lies at the ground. – The second is the trust that sets in, i.e. that the singular knows himself likewise therein, as his essence; – finds himself preserved therein,¹⁴⁵⁾ though he does not comprehend and see how he is preserved therein, through what connection and arrangement. The universal thus has immediately

144) In the margin: as being in themselves, the eternal laws of the gods – whether Solon gave them – they are in themselves; essence of thinking and being – no self-given laws – no longer have the shape of the singular will but of one’s own

145) In the margin: Form of immediate unity

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