Aware of their responsibility
to themselves, to their fellow men,
and to nature,

animated by the will
to support harmony in man,
in the community
and in nature,

and by the insight
into the natural laws of harmony
to serve the survival of mankind
and peace in the world
as a helpful link,
free world citizens
have decided

this fundamental law
of the
GERMAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES,
by virtue of their constitutional power
in order to fill cultural life
with vitality.