and the notion of holiness, which on that account belongs to it, places it, not indeed above all practical laws, but above all practically restrictive laws, and consequently above obligation and duty. This holiness of will is, however, a practical idea, which must necessarily serve as a type to which finite rational beings can only approximate indefinitely, and which the pure moral law, which is itself on this account called holy, constantly and rightly holds before their eyes. The utmost that finite practical reason can effect is to be certain of this indefinite progress of one's maxims and of their steady disposition to advance.
Nahimenaren santutasun hori ideia praktiko bat da, eta zerizan arrazoidun mugatu guztiei ezinbestean dagokien gauza bakarra horri etengabe hurbiltzea da eredu gisa, eta ohituren lege hutsak, horrexegatik santu deitzen denak, hura haiei iraunkorki eta zuzenki begien aurrean mantentzen die, eta arrazoimen praktiko mugatuak eragin dezakeen gorena bertutea da, hau da, bere maximen amaigabeko aurrerapenaz eta aurrerapen iraunkorrari irmo eusteaz seguru izatea da, eta hori bere aldetik ezin da inoiz osatu, gutxienez berez lortutako ahalmena den aldetik, zeren segurtasuna halako kasuetan inoiz ez baita ziurtasun apodiktiko bihurtzen, eta limurketa gisa oso arriskutsua baita.