If the generation which heard God spoken of as the One Substance was shocked and revolted by such a characterization of his nature. the reason lay partly in the instinctive feeling that in such a conception self-consciousness was simply submerged. and not preserved. But partly. again. the opposite position. which maintains thinking to be merely subjective thinking. abstract universality as such. is exactly the same bare uniformity. is undifferentiated. unmoved substantiality.
-Jainkoa substantzia bakar gisa ulertzeak determinazio hori adierazi zuen garaia sumindu bazuen, horren oinarria aldez izan zen horrela autokontzientzia hondoratu eta mantentzen ez zelako sena, aldez ordea aurkakoa, pentsatzea pentsatze gisa mantentzen duena, orokortasuna bere horretan, sinpletasun berbera edo substantziatasun bereizgabea, higigaitza;