But at least they gave me an unreasoning pleasure, the illusion of a sort of fecundity of mind; and in that way distracted me from the tedium, from the sense of my own impotence which I had felt whenever I had sought a philosophic theme for some great literary work.
Baina, gutxienez, atsegin arrazoigabe bat ematen zidaten, nolabaiteko joritasun baten lilura, eta ondorioz, gogaitasunetik, literatur obra handi baterako gai filosofikoren baten bila ibilia nintzèn bakoitzean neure baitan nabaritua nuèn ezintasun-sentimendutik, aldentzen ninduten.