But, in so far as we conceive it in relation to time past, we are assumed to conceive something, which recalls the thing to memory, or excites the image thereof (II. xviii. and note), which is so far the same as regarding it as present (II. xvii. Coroll.).
Baina, gauza hori bera iraganaldiari dagokiola irudikatzen dugun bezainbatean, hein horretan onartzen da zerbait irudikatzen dugula, gauza hori oroimenera dakarrena, hots, gauzaren irudia iratzartzen duena (ikus 2. Zat., 18. Prop., Eskolioa barne) eta, ondorioz, egiten du aitzinean bagenu bezala (2. Zat. 17. Prop. Korol.