Thus genius is the faculty of continuing in the state of pure perception, of losing oneself in perception, and of enlisting in this service the knowledge which originally existed only for the service of the will; that is to say, genius is the power of leaving one's own interests, wishes, and aims entirely out of sight, thus of entirely renouncing one's own personality for a time, so as to remain pure knowing subject, clear vision of the world;
Horren arabera genialitatea gaitasuna da, begieste hutsean jokatzekoa, begiespenean galtzekoa eta ezagutza, jatorriz nahimenaren zerbitzuan bakarrik existitzen dena, horren zerbitzutik kentzekoa, bere interesak, bere nahi izatea, bere xedeak erabat begietatik galtzea, baita bere pertsonalitatea ere denbora batean erabat abandonatzeko, subjektu ezagutzaile huts bezala, mundu-begi klaru gisa gelditzeko: