Ethicallegislationisthatwhichcannotbeexternal，althoughthedutiesitprescribesmaybeexternalaswellasinternal。Juridicallegislationisthatwhichmayalsobeexternal。Thusitisanexternaldutytokeepapromiseenteredintobycontract;buttheinjunctiontodothismerelybecauseitisaduty，withoutregardtoanyothermotive，belongsexclusivelytotheinternallegislation。Itdoesnotbelongthustotheethicalsphereasbeingaparticularkindofdutyoraparticularmodeofactiontowhichwearebound—foritisanexternaldutyinethicsaswellasinjurisprudence—butitisbecausethelegislationinthecasereferredtoisinternal，andcannothaveanexternallawgiver，thattheobligationisreckonedasbelongingtoethics。Forthesamereason，thedutiesofbenevolence，althoughtheyareexternaldutiesasobligationstoexternalactions，are，inlikemanner，reckonedasbelongingtoethics，becausetheycanonlybeenjoinedbylegislationthatisinternal。Ethicshasnodoubtitsownpeculiarduties—suchasthosetowardsoneself—butitbasalsodutiesincommonwithjurisprudence，onlynotunderthesamemodeofobligation。Inshort，thepeculiarityofethicallegislationistoenjointheperformanceofcertainactionsmerelybecausetheyareduties，andtomaketheprincipleofdutyitself—whateverbeitssourceoroccasion—thesolesufficingmotiveoftheactivityofthewill。Thus，then，therearemanyethicaldutiesthataredirectlysuch;andtheinnerlegislationalsomakestheothers—allandeachofthem—indirectlyethical。
Thedeductionofthedivisionofasystemistheproofofitscompletenessaswellasofitscontinuity，sothattheremaybealogicaltransitionfromthegeneralconceptiondividedtothemembersofthedivision，andthroughthewholeseriesofthesubdivisionswithoutanybreakorleapinthearrangement（divisiopersaltum）。Suchadivisionisoneofthemostdifficultconditionsforthearchitectofasystemtofulfil。Thereisevensomedoubtastowhatisthehighestconceptionthatisprimarilydividedintorightandwrong（autfasautnefas）。Itisassuredlytheconceptionoftheactivityofthefree—willingeneral。Inlikemanner，theexpoundersofontologystartfromsomethingandnothing，withoutperceivingthatthesearealreadymembersofadivisionforwhichthehighestdividedconceptionisawanting，andwhichcanbenootherthanthatofthingingeneral。
IV。GENERALPRELIMINARYCONCEPTIONSDEFINEDANDEXPLAINED。
（Philosophiapracticauniversalis）。
Theconceptionoffreedomisaconceptionofpurereason。Itisthereforetranscendentinsofarasregardstheoreticalphilosophy;