and if that idea was not formed by reasoning (of which they were not yet capable) but by the senses, and if it was as materially false as it was formally true, this still was a logic conforming to the sort of nature they had, and from it sprouted poetic morals by making them
pious.
e se quell'idea non era formata dal ragionamento (di cui non erano ancora capaci) ma dai sensi, e se era materialmente falsa quanto formalmente vera, questa era pur sempre una logica conforme al tipo di natura che avevano, e da essa germogliava una morale poetica rendendoli pii.