And he that can doubt whether it be less, will as certainly doubt whether it be a part. So that the maxim, the whole is bigger than a part, can never be made use of to prove the little finger less than the body, but when it is useless, by being brought to convince one of a truth which he knows already.
Eta txikiagoa dela zalantzatan jar dezakeenak, ziurtasun beraz jarriko du zalantzatan osagaia dela. Era horretan, osoa osagaia baino handiagoa dela dioen maxima ezin izanen da erabili sekula hatz txikia gorputza baino txikiagoa dela frogatzeko, norbait jada dakienaz konbentzitzeko erabiliz alfer-alferreko denean izan ezik.