But self-conceit reason strikes down altogether, since all claims to self-esteem which precede agreement with the moral law are vain and unjustifiable, for the certainty of a state of mind that coincides with this law is the first condition of personal worth (as we shall presently show more clearly), and prior to this conformity any pretension to worth is false and unlawful.
Baina hantustea suntsitu egiten du, lege etikoaren bateratasunaren aurreko norberaren estimuaren uzi guztiak baliogabeak eta eskumenik gabekoak diren heinean, lege horrekin bateratzen den jaidura baten ziurtasuna pertsonaren balio ororen lehen baldintza den heinean (berehala argiago azalduko duguna) eta horren aurreko handigura oro faltsua eta legearen aurkakoa den heinean.