Therefore, if, for example, I contemplate a tree æsthetically, i.e., with artistic eyes, and thus recognise, not it, but its Idea, it becomes at once of no consequence whether it is this tree or its predecessor which flourished a thousand years ago, and whether the observer is this individual or any other that lived anywhere and at any time;
Horregatik, baldin eta nik, adibidez, zuhaitz bat estetikoki, artista-begiekin kontsideratuko banu, horrela ez bera, baizik bere ideia berrezagutuko nuke, horrekin ez du inolako esangurarik, zuhaitz hori den ala duela mila urte loretu zen aurreko bat den, era berean, behatzailea hau edo beste bat den, noizbait edo nonbait bizi izan den norbanakoa;