In this consists the whole nature of belief. For as there is no matter of fact which we believe so firmly that we cannot conceive the contrary, there would be no difference between the conception assented to and that which is rejected, were it not for some sentiment which distinguishes the one from the other.
Honetantxe bakarrik datza sinestea, zeren izatezko zerik ez dagoenez gero, bere kontrakorik ezin bururatzeko bezain irmoki sinestekorik, bururapen onartuaren eta baztertuaren artean ez bailegoke alderik, bata eta bestea bereizteko sentipenik ez balitz.