Or again, these two have not come to the notion found in Descartes' metaphysics that being and thought are inherently the same; they have not arrived at the thought that being, pure being, is not a concrete actual reality, but pure abstraction, and conversely that pure thought, self-identity or inner essence, is partly the negative of self-consciousness, and consequently is being, and partly, qua immediate simple entity, is like wise nothing else than being.
-Edo bi Ilustrazioetatik bat berak ere ez du lortu Descartesen metafisikaren maila, non bere baitan izatea eta pentsamendua gauza berbera diren; ez du lortu pentsamendu hau, alegia, izatea, izate hutsa, ez dela erreal-den konkretua, baizik eta abstrakzio hutsa; eta alderantziz, pentsatze hutsa, bere buruarekiko berdintasuna edo zerizana, aldez, autokontzientziaren negatibo-dena eta, beraz, izatea dela; aldez, bitartegabeko sinpletasuna bezala, izatea besterik ez dela;