Abstract Right

The first stage of objective spirit: persons, property, contract, wrong. It governs the external — who owns what, what counts, what constitutes a breach.

Developed in

Part III

Cross-references

Person · Property · Morality

Die grenze

It knows no disposition. A contract is fulfilled or not; why someone fulfills it does not come into consideration.

Entwickelt in

Part III

In der logik

Enz. Vol. 1 §§ 163–165 — the universal, particular, and individual of the concept. Hegel structures the Philosophy of Right itself according to this pattern (RPh § 33). Cf. [[kleine-logik:9]].