For, in so far as we are intelligent beings, we cannot desire anything save that which is necessary, nor yield absolute acquiescence to anything, save to that which is true: wherefore, in so far as we have a right understanding of these things, the endeavour of the better part of ourselves is in harmony with the order of nature as a whole.
Zeren eta, ulertzen dugun bezainbatean, ez baitugu ezinbestekoa ez den zerbait desiratzen ahal, ez eta, absolutuki mintzatuz, egia ez den zerbaitetan gozorik hartzen ahal, eta, beraz, hauek zuzen ulertzen ditugunez, gure baitako parterik hoberenaren ahalegina bat dator Natura osoaren ordenarekin.