Indeed, we have negative names, to which there be no positive ideas; but they consist wholly in negation of some certain ideas, as SILENCE, INVISIBLE; but these signify not any ideas in the mind but their absence.
Baditugu, eduki ere, zenbait izen negatibo zuzenean ideia positiboak barik, haien ausentzia adierazten dutenak, hala nola, gatzgabea, isiltasuna, ezer ez, etab., ideia positiboei, adibidez, zapore, hots, izakiei erreferentzia egiten dieten hitzak direlarik.