<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishTunaonekana kuamini kwamba matendo yote ya kibinadamu hayaendeshwi na tamaa ya kujua au kuboresha hali ya wanadamu, bali tu na nia za chini za pupa, nguvu, na kujisifu.  <response>: We seem to believe that all human action is motivated not by the desire to know or improve the lot of humankind, but only by the basest motives of greed, power, and self-aggrandizement. 