To begin with, this active reason is aware of itself merely as an individual", and must, being such, demand and bring forth its reality in an "other". Thereafter, however, its consciousness being lifted into universality, it becomes universal reason, and is consciously aware of itself as reason, as something already recognized in and for itself, which within its pure consciousness unites all self-consciousness.
Hasieran arrazoimen ekile hori bere buruaz jabetzen da, baina indibiduo gisa soilik, eta halako den aldetik bere errealitatea bestetan sustatu eta sortu behar du, baina gainera bere kontzientzia orokortasunera goratzen duen heinean arrazoimen orokor bihurtzen da, eta bere buruaz jabetzen da arrazoimen gisa, bere baitan eta bere baitarako ezagutzen den kontzientzia gisa, zeinak bere kontzientzia hutsean autokontzientzia oro bateratzen duen;