consequently it would necessarily neglect a lesser good in the present for the sake of a greater good in the future, and would in no wise desire that which is good in the present but a source of evil in the future, as we shall presently show. However, we can have but a very inadequate knowledge of the duration of things (II. xxxi.); and the periods of their existence (II. xliv.
Baina, gauzen iraupenaren ezagutza ezegokia baizik ez dezakegu izan (2. Zat., 31. Prop. arab.) eta, (2. Zat., 44. Prop. Eskol. arab.) gauzen izateko denbora irudimen bidez determinatzen dugu soilik, baina irudimena, presenteko gauza baten ideiak eta geroko gauza batenak ez dute berdin hunkitzen;