For men, in the measuring of the length of time, having been accustomed to the ideas of minutes, hours, days, months, years, &c., which they found themselves upon any mention of time or duration presently to think on, all which portions of time were measured out by the motion of those heavenly bodies, they were apt to confound time and motion; or at least to think that they had a necessary connexion one with another.
Izan ere, gizakiek, denboraren luzera neurtzean, minutu, ordu, egun, hil eta urteen ideiara ohitu direlarik, pentsagai izandako denbora edo iraupenaren edozein aipamenetan horiekin aurkitu baitziren, eta denbora zatiok ortziko gorputz horien higiduratik neurtu izan direlarik, denbora eta higidura nahastera heldu ziren, edo behintzat elkarrekin ezinbesteko lotura dutela pentsatzera.