Pythagoras shadowed the truth a little more closely, judging that the knowledge of this first cause and being of beings ought to be indefinite, without limitation, without declaration; that it was nothing else than the extreme effort of our imagination towards perfection, every one amplifying the idea according to the talent of his capacity.
Pitagorasek hurbilagotik itxuratu zuen egia, uste izanik izakien izatearen eta lehendabiziko kausaren ezagutza mugagabea izan beharko zela, araurik ez adierazpenik gabe; gure irudimenaren betetasun aldera ezinagoko eginahalik besterik ez zela, bakoitzak bere ahalmenaren arabera ideia zabaltzen duelarik.