Whereas formerly the organic in the form of something individual and single was placed in opposition to this non-essential distinction [of quantity], a distinction which neither expresses nor contains its living nature: and while precisely the same has to be stated as regards the inorganic, taking into account its entire existence developed in the plurality of its properties:
Lehenago organiko-dena banakotasunaren forman bereizketa zerizangabe horri aurkakotu bazitzaion, haren izaera bizia adierazten eta barnebiltzen ez duen horri, eta ez-organiko-denari dagokionez bere ezaugarrien samaldan garatzen den hor-izate osoaren arabera gauza berbera esan behar bazen, orain indibiduo orokorra aztertu behar da, generoaren sailkapen orotatik aske gisa ez ezik, gainera, generoaren botere gisa ere bai.