Yet the acquisition of it must in a sense end in something which is the opposite of our original inquiries. For all men begin, as we said, by wondering that things are as they are, as they do about self-moving marionettes, or about the solstices or the incommensurability of the diagonal of a square with the side; for it seems wonderful to all who have not yet seen the reason, that there is a thing which cannot be measured even by the smallest unit.
Zientzia honen erdiespenak, nolabait, hasierako ikerketen kontrako aldera eraman behar gaitu, hauek denak hasten baitira, esan bezala, gauzak diren modukoak direlako liluratuta, hala nola 15) txontxongiloekin [kausa oraindik ikusi ez dutenentzat], eguzkiaren birekin edota diagonalaren neurtezintasunarekin (liluragarria baita denentzat-kausa oraindik ikusi ez dutenentzat-unitaterik txikienaz ere zerbait neurtu ezin izatea).