This determinate characteristic, which constitutes the essential character of the thing and distinguishes it from all others, is now so defined that thereby the thing, stands in opposition to others, but must therein preserve itself for itself (fer sich).
Determinatutasun hori, gauzaren zerizanezko izaera osatzen duena, eta beste gauza guztietatik ezberdintzen duena, honela dago determinatuta, alegia, gauza horren bitartez beste gauzen aurka ezartzen da, baina horrela bere baitarako mantendu behar du.