I seek to trace the novel features under which despotism may appear in the world. The first thing that strikes the observation is an innumerable multitude of men all equal and alike, incessantly endeavoring to procure the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives.
Despotismoa munduan zein ezaugarri berrirekin sor ote daitekeen imajinatu nahi badut, antzeko eta berdinak diren gizonen kopuru zenbatezina ikusten dut, atsedenik gabe beren gain biraka dabiltzanak plazer txiki eta arrunten bila, hauekin betetzen dutelarik arima.