Four-and-twenty centuries ago, in his dialogue on the immortality of the soul, the serene Plato-but was he serene?-spoke of the uncertainty of our dream of being immortal and of the risk that the dream might be vain, and from his own soul there escaped this profound cry-Glorious is the risk!
Orain jadanik hogeita lau mende, Platon lasaiak-lasaia ote?-, arimaren hilezintasunaz egin zuen elkarrizketan, hilezinak izateko gure ametsaz eta hori alferrik ez ote deneko arriskuaz mintzatuz, bere arimatik esaldi sakon hura utzi zuen irteten: