But at the point at which natural science, and indeed every science, leaves things, because not only its explanation of them, but even the principle of this explanation, the principle of sufficient reason, does not extend beyond this point; there philosophy takes them up and treats them after its own method, which is quite distinct from the method of science.
Baina han, natur zientziak, eta oro har zientzia orok, gauzak bertan behera uzten dituen tokian, haien azalpena ez ezik azalpen horren printzipioa bera ere, arrazoiaren printzipioa, puntu horretatik iragaten ez denean, filosofiak han hartzen ditu propioki berriro gauzak eta zientziatik zeharo bestelako eran kontsideratzen ditu.