For, when we would consider eternity, a parte ante, what do we but, beginning from ourselves and the present time we are in, repeat in our minds ideas of years, or ages, or any other assignable portion of duration past, with a prospect of proceeding in such addition with all the infinity of number:
Zeren, betierekotasuna a parte ante kontsideratu nahi dugunena, zer egiten dugu geugandik eta bizi garen garaitik hasita iragandako urteak, aroak edo beste edozein iraupen zati esleigarri errepikatu besterik, eransketa horretan zenbakiaren infinitutasun guztian aurrera egiteko perspektibaz?