Therefore (IV. ix.) an emotion towards a thing contingent, which we know does not exist in the present, is fainter, other conditions being equal, than an emotion towards a thing past.
arab.) bera kontenpla dezagun. Eta, horrela, (9. Prop. arab.) orain ez dela existitzen dakigun gauza kontingente batekilako afektua, besteak beste, iraganeko gauza batekilako afektua baino motelagoa izanen da.