In point of fact, if a man's actions as belonging to his modifications in time were not merely modifications of him as appearance, but as a thing in itself, freedom could not be saved. Man would be a marionette or an automaton, like Vaucanson's, prepared and wound up by the Supreme Artist.
Egitatean, gizakiaren ekintzak, denboran dituzten determinazioei dagokien bezala, haren determinazio soilak ez balira agerpen gisa, baizik eta berbaitango gauzak balira, orduan askatasuna ezingo litzateke salbatu.