"We have friends and acquaintances who have perfected their art in prison, but why does the soul, this spark torn from infinite wisdom, need to be imprisoned in the prison of the body, and how can contact with vile material serve as an opportunity for it to achieve perfection, when without this useless burden it could be done more reliably - it is impossible to grasp it.
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Mentovich FerencAll Translations
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We have friends and acquaintances who have perfected their art in prison, but why does the soul, this spark torn from infinite wisdom, need to be imprisoned in the prison of the body, and how can contact with vile material serve as an opportunity for it to achieve perfection, when without this useless burden it could be done more reliably - it is impossible to grasp it.
""Vannak barátaink, ismerőseink, kik fogdában igen nagy tökélyre vitték a műfaragást, de hogy a léleknek, a végtelen bölcseségből kiszakadt ezen szikrácskának miért van szüksége magát a test fogházába börtönöztetni, s a hitvány anyaggal érintkezés hogyan szolgálhat neki alkalmul a tökélyesbülésre, midőn e haszontalan nyűg nélkül azt biztosabban eszközölhetné - megfogni lehetetlen."