For the truth is that the logical starting-point of all philosophical speculation is not the I, neither is it representation (Vorstellung), nor the world as it presents itself immediately to the senses; but it is mediate or historical representation, humanly elaborated and such as it is given to us principally in the language by means of which we know the world;
Izan ere, filosofi espekulazio guztien abiapuntu logikoa ez da ni-a, ez eta irudikapena-Vorstellung-edo mundua ere, hau zentzuetan bat-batean agertzen zaigun bezala, bitartezko edo historiazko irudikapena baizik, giza eraz landua eta mintzairan, horrexen bidez mundua ezagutzen baitugu, nagusiki eskaintzen zaigun bezala;