And the inner contradiction referred to above, with which the ethical system of Stoicism is affected even in its fundamental thought, shows itself further in the circumstance that its ideal, the Stoic philosopher, as the system itself represents him, could never obtain life or inner poetic truth, but remains a wooden, stiff lay-figure of which nothing can be made. He cannot himself make use of his wisdom, and his perfect peace, contentment, and blessedness directly contradict the nature of man, and preclude us from forming any concrete idea of him. When compared with him, how entirely different appear the overcomers of the world, and voluntary hermits that Indian philosophy presents to us, and has actually produced;
Goian aipaturiko barne-kontraesana, ordea, zeinarekin etika estoikoa bere oinarrizko pentsamenduan atzemanik baitago, beste honetan ere agertzen da: bere idealak, modu estoikoak, bere aurkezpenean bertan bizia edo barneko egia poetikoa ezin irabazi izatean, baizik zurezko automata zurrun irautean, zeinarekin ezin baita ezer hasi, eta berak ere ez daki nora jo bere jakituriarekin, zeinaren patxada bikaina, asetasuna, dohatsutasuna gizadiaren funtsarekiko kontraesanean baitago, eta haren ezein errepresentazio begiesgarrira iristeko ez baitigu aukerarik ematen.