It must remain established, therefore, that reason-human reason-within its limits, not only does not prove rationally that the soul is immortal or that the human consciousness shall preserve its indestructibility through the tracts of time to come, but that it proves rather-within its limits, I repeat-that the individual consciousness cannot persist after the death of the physical organism upon which it depends.
Finkaturik gelditu behar da, beraz, arrazoimenak, giza arrazoimenak, bere mugen barruan, arima hilezina dela eta giza kontzientziak etorkizuneko denboren segidetan suntsiezina izan behar duela ez frogatzeaz gainera, bere mugen barruan, berriz diot, norbanakoaren kontzientziak ezin iraun dezakeela, bera loturik daukan gorputz organismoaren heriotzaz gero.