Plato, in his picture of the golden age under Saturn, reckons, among the chief advantages that a man then had, his communication with beasts, of whom, inquiring and informing himself, he knew the true qualities and differences of them all, by which he acquired a very perfect intelligence and prudence, and led his life more happily than we could do.
Platonek, bere Saturnoren azpiko urrezko aroaren margoan, orduko gizonaren abantailen artean kontatzen du ihiziekiko zeukaten harremana, haiei galdeginez eta ikasiz, baitzekizkien bakoitzaren nolakotasun eta ezberdintasunak; nondik adimen eta zuhurtasun hagitz bete bat erdiesten baitzuen, eta guk genekikeen baino anitzez ere dohatsuki zuzentzen baitzuen bere bizia.