He that, with Archelaus, shall lay it down as a principle, that right and wrong, honest and dishonest, are defined only by laws, and not by nature, will have other measures of moral rectitude and gravity, than those who take it for granted that we are under obligations antecedent to all human constitutions.
Eta, Arkelaorekin, printzipio gisa aurkezten duenak bidezkoa eta ezbidezkoa, zuzena eta okerra legeek soilik erabakitzen dituztela, ez naturak, ongi eta gaizki moralarentzat neurri ezberdinak erabiliko ditu, giza osaera ororen aurreko betebeharren pean gaudela onartzen dutenekin alderatuz.