But thereby he introduced that most grave and sinister illness, from which mankind has not yet recovered, the suffering of man from the disease called man, as the result of a violent breaking from his animal past, the result, as it were, of a spasmodic plunge into a new environment and new conditions of existence, the result of a declaration of war against the old instincts, which up to that time had been the staple of his power, his joy, his formidableness.
bere animali iraganetiko bereizte zakarraren ondorioa, jauzi eta erorkera baten ondorioa, nolabait esateko, izate-egoera eta-baldintza berrietan, instintu zaharren aurkako gerra-aldarrikapen baten ondorioa, zeinetan une horretara arte baitzeutzan bere indarra, bere plazerra eta bere emankortasuna.