a man who went through life in a dressing-gown, and paid no heed to his household, for the reason that his whole being was centred upon the province of speculation, and that, in particular, he was preoccupied with a philosophical problem usually stated by him thus:
Ez zen familiaz arduratzen; batez ere, hausnarketaren arlora zuzentzen zuen bere bizitza, eta, berak esaten zien bezala, arazo filosofikoez arduratzen zen, adibidez: