For it is not likely either that fire or earth or any such element should be the reason why things manifest goodness and, beauty both in their being and in their coming to be, or that those thinkers should have supposed it was;
Diren guztien artean ongia eta ederkia izatearen edo bilakatzearen kausa ezin da, dudarik gabe, ez sua, ez lurra ezta honelako besterik ere izan;