Speculative dogmas of religion, the present occasions of such furious dispute, could not possibly be conceived or admitted in the early ages of the world; when mankind, being wholly illiterate, formed an idea of religion more suitable to their weak apprehension, and composed their sacred tenets of such tales chiefly as were the objects of traditional belief, more than of argument or disputation.
Egun hain haserre biziz eztabaidatzen diren erlijio-dogma espekulatibo horiek ezin zitezkeen ziurraski horrela pentsatu edo ametitu munduaren hasierako garaietan, gizateriak, txit alfabetagabea izaki, bere adimendu ahulari hobeto zihoakion ideia bat egin zuenean erlijioaz, argudiaketan eta eztabaidan baino sineskera tradizionaleko kondairetan oinarriturik osatzen zituelarik batipat bere printzipio-sorta sakratuak.