In this present life, I reckon that we make the nearest approach to knowledge when we have the least possible intercourse or communion with the body, and are not surfeited with the bodily nature, but keep ourselves pure until the hour when God himself is pleased to release us.
Eta bizi garen artean, dirudienez, gorputzarekin ahalik eta harreman eta partaidetza gutxien baldin badaukagu egongo gara jakitetik hurbilen, erabateko beharra izan ezik, eta, horren izaeraz kutsatu gabe, beragandik arazten baldin bagara, jainkoak berak gu askatu arte.