For thinking does not mean being an abstract ego. but an ego which has at the same time the significance of inherently existing in itself; it means being object to itself or relating itself to objective reality in such a way that this connotes the self-existence of that consciousness for which it is an object.
Izan ere, pen tsatzeak honako hau esan nahi du: ez Ni abstraktu bat, baizik eta aldi berean berbaitan izatearen esanahia daukan Nia bezala izatea objektu, edo zerizan objektiboarekin halako moldez jokatzea, non hark kontzientziaren berbaitarako izatearen esanahi baitauka.