In point of fact the notion of the realization of self-conscious reason-of directly apprehending complete unity with another in his independence: of having for my object an other in the fashion of a "thing" found detached and apart from me, and the negative of myself, and of taking this as my own self-existence (Fermichseyn)-finds its complete reality in fulfilment in the life of a nation.
Herri baten bizitzan du egitatean bere buruaz jabetzen den arrazoimenaren egikaritzearen adigaiak bere errealitate osatua (bestearen beregaintasunean harekiko batasun osoa begiestea, edo nik hor topatzen dudan beste baten gauzatasun askea, nire negatibo-dena dena, nire berbaitarako izate gisa objektutzat izatea).