بل نقول إنّ الأخلاق الحاصلة من الحضارة والتّرف هي عين الفساد لأنّ الإنسان إنّما هو إنسان باقتداره على جلب منافعه ودفع مضارّه واستقامة خلقه للسّعي في ذلك
Indeed, we may say that the qualities of character resulting from sedentary culture and luxury are identical with corruption. Man is a man only in as much as he is able to procure for himself useful things and to repel harmful things, and in as much as his character is suited to making efforts to this effect