[217] That is a unity which dissolves all difference.
[218] Als Inneres.
[219] Als Reflexion in sich. Probably Hegel means simply the ultimate fact of self-conscious life—which is to find itself in Nature as the antithesis of the synthetic unity of the ego. This is developed in the latter half of the sentence.
[220] Lit., "Is not an essentially persistent and stereotyped (Erstarrtes, stiffened) individual."
[221] Less than sculpture.
[222] He may mean type of art generally, but I think the reference here is simply to painting. The passage is an important one.
[223] I presume Hegel uses the word seeligkeit in the ordinary sense, not "soulfulness." The close relation with Schmertz necessitates this. But the spelling suggests the other interpretation.
[224] Which is absent in the classical treatment.
[225] That is, the creative artist.
[226] Innerlichkeit. It is impossible to express Hegel's use of this word by one expression. It combines intimacy, ideal union, and inwardness of soul-life in its contrast to objective reality.