This was that which, in the first general view I had of this subject, was all that I thought I should have to do: but, upon a nearer approach, I find that there is so close a connexion between ideas and WORDS, and our abstract ideas and general words have so constant a relation one to another, that it is impossible to speak clearly and distinctly of our knowledge, which all consists in propositions, without considering, first, the nature, use, and signification of Language; which, therefore, must be the business of the next Book.
Hasieran horixe egin behar nuela pentsatu nuen, baina arazoa hurragotik aztertuta, konturatu nahiz ideia eta HITZEN artean lotura oso handia dagoela eta gure ideia abstraktuek eta hitz orokorrek erlazio iraunkorra dutela elkarrekiko, hainbesteraino, non ezinezko den gure ezagutzaz era argian eta bereizian hitz egitea, proposizioz osatua baita, aurretik hizkuntzaren natura, erabilera eta esanahia aztertu gabe, horixe izanen delarik, beraz, hurrengo liburuaren gaia.