I gave my mind entirely up to the impression of music in all its forms, and then returned to reflection and the system of thought expressed in the present work, and thus I arrived at an explanation of the inner nature of music and of the nature of its imitative relation to the world-which from analogy had necessarily to be presupposed-an explanation which is quite sufficient for myself, and satisfactory to my investigation, and which will doubtless be equally evident to any one who has followed me thus far and has agreed with my view of the world.
Neure espiritua soinuen artearen inpresioan bere forma askotarikoetan, erabat murgildurik eduki eta gero berriro erreflexiora eta oraingo idatzi honetan azaldutako pentsamenduen nire joairara itzultzen nintzenean, argibide bat sortzen zitzaidan barneko neure esentziaz eta munduarekiko bere harreman imitaziozko, analogiaren arabera derrigor suposatu beharrekoaren motaz, zeina niretzat erabat behar bestekoa baita noski eta nire ikerketarako gogobetegarria, eta orain arte niri jarraitu didanari eta munduarekiko nire ikuspuntuarekin ados dagoenari, halaber argigarri izango zaio;