-I avail myself of the opportunity offered by this treatise to express, openly and formally, a wish which up to the present has only been expressed in occasional conversations with scholars, namely, that some Faculty of philosophy should, by means of a series of prize essays, gain the glory of having promoted the further study of the history of morals-perhaps this book may serve to give forcible impetus in such a direction.
Tratatu honek eskaintzen didan egokieraz baliatzen naiz publikoki eta formalki nahi bat adierazteko, orain arte noizbehinkako elkarrizketatan, eta pertsona ikasiekin aditzera eman dudana; hau da, Filosofiako Fakultateren bat moralaren historiako azterketen sustapenaren benemeritu bihur dadila sari akademiko batzuetarako deialdiak eginez: -agian liburu honek balioko du norabide horretan hain zuzen ere bultzada indartsu bat emateko.