and with that ponderous consistency characteristic of ancient thought, which, though set in motion with difficulty, yet proceeds inflexibly along the line on which it has started, man soon arrived at the great generalisation, "everything has its price, all can be paid for," the oldest and most naive moral canon of justice, the beginning of all "kindness," of all "equity," of all "goodwill," of all "objectivity" in the world.
eta gizateria zaharrenaren pentsamenduaren ezaugarria den ondorio logiko zakar harekin, pentsamendu hori zailtasunarekin jartzen da mugimenduan, baina gero gupidagabe norabide berean aurrera egiten du, laster iritsi zen, orokorkuntza handi baten bitartez, "gauza orok bere prezioa du; dena ordaindua izan daiteke"ra-justiziaren kanon moral zaharren eta xaloenera, "barne-ontasun" ororen, "ekitate" ororen, "nahimen on" ororen, "objektibitate" ororen hasierara lurrean.