The expression suited to our feeble notions is, that we conceive the world as if it came, as to its existence and internal plan, from a Supreme Reason, by which notion we both cognise the constitution, which belongs to the world itself, yet without pretending to determine the nature of its cause in itself, and on the other hand, we transfer the ground of this constitution (of the form of reason in the world) upon the relation of the Supreme Cause to the world, without finding the world sufficient by itself for that purpose.
bestalde, berriz, ez digu uzten munduaren gogoeta esplikazio hiperfisikoekin itotzen, giza arrazoiari buruzko gure kontzeptuak Jainkoari aplikatuz, hura bere determinazio propiotik apartatuz, zeinaren arabera hautemapenak izan behar baitu, arrazoiaren bitartez natura soila estudiatzea, eta ez horren fenomenoak arrazoi goren batetik ausarkeriaz jariatzea. Gure kontzeptu motelen araberako espresioa honako hau izango litzateke: