Or the maxim of the will is consequent on a determining principle of desire which presupposes an object of pleasure or pain, something therefore that pleases or displeases, and the maxim of reason that we should pursue the former and avoid the latter determines our actions as good relatively to our inclination, that is, good indirectly, (i.e., relatively to a different end to which they are means), and in that case these maxims can never be called laws, but may be called rational practical precepts.
edo desiramenaren determinazio-oinarri bat nahimenaren maximaren aurretik doa, zeinak atseginaren eta desatseginaren objektu bat aurresuposatzen duen, eta beraz, atsegin edo min egiten duen zerbait, eta arrazoimenaren maximak, haiek sustatzeko, horiek eragozteko, ekintzak determinatzen ditu gure joerarentzat on diren gisara, eta beraz, bitarteko baten bidez (beste xede urrun bati begira, haren bitarteko gisa) on diren gisara, eta maximek ezin dute horrela inoiz lege izena izan, baina bai arau arrazoizko, praktiko.