While every aristocratic morality springs from a triumphant affirmation of its own demands, the slave morality says "no" from the very outset to what is "outside itself," "different from itself," and "not itself":
Nork bere buruari esandako baietz triunfatzaile batetik moral noble oro jaiotzen den bitartean, esklaboen moralak ezetz esaten dio, aldez aurretik, "kanpo" bati, "beste" bati, "ez-ni" bati;