and is clear in the demonstrations above mentioned about a vacuum. So that whilst men take words for things, as usually they do, these maxims may and do commonly serve to prove contradictory propositions; as shall yet be further made manifest]
Hartara, gizakiek, egin ohi duten bezala, hitzak gauzatzat hartzen dituztenean, maxima horiek proposizio kontraesankorrak frogatzeko balio lezakete eta eskuarki horrexetarako balio dute, luzeago azalduko duduan moduan.