Question:

From questions 34 to 35, read the sentences and choose the option that best arranges them in a logical order.
Arrange the following sentences in the correct logical order:
1. The moral will arises when, for the reasons we saw earlier, this negation has to be negated; the individual moral will understands that it is the existence of the universal will, which is therefore internal to it.
2. This constitutes a negation, because the individual will is understood not to be the existence of the universal will.
3. This says that in abstract right, as we have just seen, the individual will takes its freedom (the universal will that has being in itself) to exist independent of (that is, in opposition to) itself and its particular contents.
4. Rather, the universal will is thought to exist outside any individual will, in the contracts that bind a number of property owning wills together, and in the punishments that enforce breaches of those contracts.

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Find the sentence with no backward-pointing word to open the passage, then trace "this" and "rather" to the sentence each one is reacting to.
Updated On: Jul 10, 2026
  • 1, 2, 3, 4
  • 3, 2, 4, 1
  • 3, 1, 2, 4
  • 1, 2, 3, 4
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The Correct Option is B

Solution and Explanation

Step 1: Find the sentence that can open the passage.
A sentence that opens a passage should introduce an idea without leaning on a "this" or "rather" that points back to something earlier. Sentence 3 does exactly that: it names "abstract right" and explains, in fresh terms, how the individual will in abstract right takes its own freedom to stand apart from (in opposition to) itself and its content. Sentences 1, 2, and 4 all open with pointer words ("this," "rather") that need an earlier idea to attach to, so none of them can start the passage.

Step 2: Link sentence 2 right after sentence 3.
Sentence 2 begins "This constitutes a negation," and the only thing "this" can point to is the situation described in sentence 3, where the individual will is set up as independent of (in opposition to) the universal will. Sentence 2 names that setup as a "negation": the individual will is understood not to be the universal will's existence. So 3 is followed directly by 2.

Step 3: Place sentence 4, then sentence 1, to complete the chain.
After sentence 2 raises the question of where the universal will's existence really is, sentence 4 answers it: "Rather, the universal will is thought to exist outside any individual will," in contracts and punishments. This is the natural next line, since it directly continues the thought that the individual will is not the universal will's existence, rather, that existence is found elsewhere. Sentence 1 then closes the passage: it describes the moral will arising when this negation is itself negated (a negation of a negation), so that the individual will now understands the universal will as internal to it, completing the movement described across sentences 3, 2, and 4.

Final Answer:
The logical order is 3, 2, 4, 1. \[ \boxed{3,\ 2,\ 4,\ 1} \]
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