there is always a space left over, reserved for pure and speculative reason, the vacuity of which prompts us to seek in vagaries, buffooneries, and myticism for what seems to be employment and entertainment, but what actually is mere pastime; in order to deaden the troublesome voice of reason, which in accordance with its nature requires something that can satisfy it, and not merely subserve other ends or the interests of our inclinations.
hutsune horrek bilarazten digu imintzio eta jolasetan, edota fantasietan beretan ere, itxuraz zeregin eta entretenimendu dirudiena, baina funtsean, arrazoiaren dei gogaikarria isilarazteko dibertimendua besterik ez dena; ba horrek bere determinazioaren arabera eskatzen duena, askitasuna berez ematen duen zerbait da, eta ez beste asmo batzuekin, edo joeren interesean, bakarrik ihardunean jartzen den zerbait.