Full Idea
Many states have rightly dissolved the monasteries, because a community does not ultimately have the same right to property as a person does.
Gist of Idea
A community does not have the property-owning rights that a person has
Source
Georg W.F.Hegel (Elements of the Philosophy of Right [1821], 046)
Book Reference
Hegel,Georg W.F.: 'Elements of the Philosophy of Right', ed/tr. Wood,Allen W. [CUP 1991], p.78
A Reaction
Trinity College, Cambridge, owns vast amounts of land. A lot of property seems to be owned by legal trusts. Hegel sees the basis of property ownership in a person's will. He allows some exceptions.