Therefore, to man there is nothing more useful than man-nothing, I repeat, more excellent for preserving their being can be wished for by men, than that all should so in all points agree, that the minds and bodies of all should form, as it were, one single mind and one single body, and that all should, with one consent, as far as they are able, endeavour to preserve their being, and all with one consent seek what is useful to them all.
Gizakiari ez zaio, hortaz, deus onuragarriagorik gizakia baino. Erran nahi dut, beren izana atxikitzeko, gizakiek gutizia dezaketen deus hoberik ez dela denak orotan bat etortzea baino, halako gisaz non denen Izpirituek eta Gorputzek Izpiritu bat bezala eta Gorputz bat osatzen baitute, denak batean, ahal bezainbatean, beren izana atxikitzera bermatzen baitira eta denek batera bilatzen baitute guztiek komunean baliagarri dutena;