XVII. Introduction: Spirit and Nature

GA 2/l17/p005 · MP1988 MediumMedium alignmentSome paragraph re-numbering between this translation and the German original — the locus may slip by a paragraph or two.

It is in inherent in the being of nature for law and activity to separate from each other, for the latter to manifest as governed by the former; on the other hand, it is inherent in the being of our spiritual activity ( Freiheit)[^1] for law and activity to coincide, for what is acting to present itself directly in what is enacted, and for what is enacted to govern itself.

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