If it would reflect that in part that simple immediacy of thought is nothing else than pure being, that in part, again, what is negative for consciousness is at the same time related to consciousness-that in the negative judgment the copula "is" connects as well as separates the two factors-it would come to see that this beyond, having the character of an external existence, stands in a relation to consciousness, and that in so doing it means the same as what is called pure matter.
Honi buruzko gogoeta egingo balu, hots, batetik, pentsatzearen bitartegabekotasun sinple hori izate hutsa besterik ez dela; eta, bestetik, kontzientziarentzat negatiboa den hori aldi berean kontzientziari lotzen zaiola, judizio negatibo batean "da" kopulak banatuta dauden biak era berean biltzen dituela, bada, orduan ondorioa litzateke haratagoko horrek kontzientziarekin duen harremana kanpoan denaren determinazioan, eta, horrela, materia hutsa deitzen dugun hori bera izango litzateke;