李榮添 : 歷史之理性 -- 黑格爾歷史哲學導論述析 ( Hoffmeister, Nisbet)

李榮添 : 歷史之理性 -- 黑格爾歷史哲學導論述析 ( Hoffmeister, Nisbet)
excerpted from Lectures on the Philosophy of World History : Introduction : Reason in History. Hoffmeister ed. tr. by Nisbet.
( Nisbet, page 72 )

1. I use it here to denote nay human activity which is governed by particular interests, special aims, or, if you will, by selfish intentions;

2. Men dedicate ( 獻(身); 把(時間, 精力等)用於) the entire energy of their will ( 心願; 目的; 意願) and character to attaining such ends, and will sacrifice ( 犧牲) other possible ENDS and indeed ALL other things to this object ( // ultimate concern )

3. The particular content of such personal ends is so much a part of the individual's WILL that it DETERMINES ( 決定) it completely and is inseparable from it,

4. and it is this which MAKES the individual WHAT HE IS. For the individual EXISTS as a DETERMINATE BEING, unlike man in general, who has NO existence as such.