Recognition

Hegelian concept

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Not meant

That two wills let each other count as free. Neither a feeling nor a courtesy, but a relation: I am only a person insofar as others treat me as a person, and vice versa.

Developed in

It is the silent presupposition of the whole of abstract right. Property is only property when others let it stand; the contract is its explicit enactment.

Cross-references

Person · Contract · Rabble

Nicht gemeint

That two wills let each other count as free. Neither a feeling nor a courtesy, but a relation: I am only a person insofar as others treat me as a person, and vice versa.

Warum sie hier trägt

Esteem or approval. One can recognize someone and still oppose them — the contracting party is the clearest case.

Entwickelt in

It is the silent presupposition of the whole of abstract right. Property is only property when others let it stand; the contract is its explicit enactment.

In der logik

Part III

Systematischer ort

Person, Contract, Rabble