But we, who have in view not etiology but philosophy, that is, not relative but unconditioned knowledge of the real nature of the world, take the opposite course, and start from that which is immediately and most completely known to us, and fully and entirely trusted by us-that which lies nearest to us, in order to understand that which is known to us only at a distance, one-sidedly and indirectly.
d. ez baldintzatuaz, baizik munduaren esentziaren ezagutza baldintzagabeaz arduratzen garenok, alderantzizko noranzkoan bidea hartu eta bitartegabe osokien ezaguna eta erabat fidatzekoa zaigunetik jotzen dugu, hurbilen daukagunetik, urrun, alderditar eta bitartedun zaiguna ulertu ahal izateko: