To say that everything is idea or that everything is spirit, is the same as saying that everything is matter or that everything is energy, for if everything is idea or everything spirit, and if, therefore, this diamond is idea or spirit, just as my consciousness is, it is not plain why the diamond should not endure for ever, if my consciousness, because it is idea or spirit, endures for ever.
Oro ideia dela esatea, edo oro izpiritua dela esatea, oro materia dela edo oro indarra dela esatea bezalakoa da, zeren, oro ideia edo oro izpiritu baldin bada, diamante hau ideia edo izpiritu baita, ene kontzientzia bezalaxe, eta hori dela eta ez da garbi ageri zergatik ez duen diamanteak betiereko iraungo, ene kontzientziak, ideia edo izpiritu delako, beti dirauenez gero.