So also the seriousness which is essential to it, which excludes the absurd from its direct and peculiar province, is to be explained by the fact that its object is not the idea, with reference to which alone deception and absurdity are possible; but its object is directly the will, and this is essentially the most serious of all things, for it is that on which all depends.
Era berean hari esentziala zaion seriotasuna, zeinak irrigarria dena bere eremu bitartegabeki propiotik erabat baztertzen baitu, haren objektua errepresentazioa ez izatetik azaldu behar da, zeinaren ikuspegitik engainua eta irrigarritasuna bakarrik baitira ahalgarri; bestela bere objektua nahimena da bitartegabe eta hori da esentzian denetan serioena, zeinaren mendean baitago dena.