118. It seems evident, that men are carried, by a natural instinct or prepossession, to repose faith in their senses; and that, without any reasoning, or even almost before the use of reason, we always suppose an external universe, which depends not on our perception, but would exist, though we and every sensible creature were absent or annihilated.
118. Bistakoa dirudi berezko instintu edo aurretiko jarreraren batek eramaten dituela gizakumeak beren zentzuez fido izatera, eta batere arrazoirik gabe, eta ia ezaguerara heldu aurretik ere, ematen dugula suposatutzat beti kanpoko unibertso bat, gure hautematearen mende ez dagoena, baizik hortxe existituko litzatekeena gu geu eta beste ezein kreatura sentigarri ez egon arren edo suntsituak izan arren.