Now, because the systematic statement of the mind's experience embraces merely its ways of appearing, it may well seem that the advance from that to the science of ultimate truth in the form of truth is merely negative; and we might readily be content to dispense with the negative process as something altogether false, and might ask to be taken straight to the truth at once: why meddle with what is false at all?
Gogoaren esperientziaren sistema hark haren agerpena baino biltzen ez duenez, orduan itxuraz hartatik egia-denaren jakintzara, egia-denaren tankeran dagoen horretara doan aurrerapena negatiboa baino ez da, eta nahi liteke negatibo-denarekin zer ikusirik ez izatea fal tsu-denarekin bezala, eta eskatzea besterik gabe egiara gidatua izatea; zergatik arduratu, bada, faltsu-denaz?