This is very naïvely expressed in the well-known anecdote of the French mathematician, who, after having read Racine's "Iphigenia," shrugged his shoulders and asked, "Qu'est ce que cela prouve?" Further, as quick comprehension of relations in accordance with the laws of causality and motivation is what specially constitutes prudence or sagacity, a prudent man, so far as and while he is so, will not be a genius, and a man of genius, so far as and while he is so, will not be a prudent man.
-Nola gainera kausalitatearen eta motibazioaren legearen araberako harremanak zorrotz atzemateak zuhurtzia propioki eratzen duen, eta ezagutza geniala harremanetara zuzendurik ez dagoelarik; zuhur bat, horrelakoa den heinean eta bitartean, ez da geniala izango eta geniala, horrelakoa den heinean eta bitartean, ez da zuhurra izango.