Must not that philosophic invention, so audacious and so fatal, which was then absolutely new to Europe, the invention of "free will," of the absolute spontaneity of man in good and evil, simply have been made for the specific purpose of justifying the idea, that the interest of the gods in humanity and human virtue was inexhaustible?
Filosofoen asmakari hain ausarta, hain makurra, orduan lehen aldiz Europarako egina, "nahimen aske"aren asmakaria, gizakiak ongian eta gaizkian erabateko espontaneotasuna izatearena, ez ote zen ezer baino lehen jainkoek gizakiarenganako zuten interesa, ezingo zela inoiz agortu pentsatzeko eskubidea lortzearren?