[313] Sichverwirklichen, that is, objective self-realization.
[314] The whole of this passage is difficult to follow and translate, and has roots, no doubt, in some of the most disputed positions in Hegelian philosophy, such as the independent reality of Nature, and the use that Hegel makes of such conceptions as Chance (Zufälligkeit) in his explanation of it. All that can be attempted here is to give some kind of intelligible interpretation of the expressions employed literally. The student will do well to consult Professor A. C. Bradley's criticism of Hegel's Idea of tragedy in his "Lectures on Poetry."
[315] The situation without defined situation.
[316] Festigkeit. Staunchness is perhaps better.
[317] Harmlosigkeit, e.g., its inability to cause conflict.
[318] Such as painting and sculpture.
[319] By positive he means that in themselves they are not actually discordant or negative but only render such discordance possible in their relation to spirit.
[320] That is, where a collision depends upon natural causes.
[321] Positive, that is, relative to a particular concrete condition.
[322] Perhaps Erfindung would here be better translated with "invention." Both processes are involved in the word.