It seeks to destroy a desire which nature uses as the most active means for inciting men to exert body and mind, and to awaken and support their nobler feelings -- a desire to which humanity for the greater part owes its progress.

• 这个学说企图毁灭人类的一种愿望，这种愿望是造化用来激励人们发挥身心力量、激起并支持人们高尚感情的最有效手段，人类所以有进步，主要就是由于这种愿望的存在。