that it follows the dictates of the understanding, &c.,-though these and the like expressions, by those that carefully attend to their own ideas, and conduct their thoughts more by the evidence of things than the sound of words, may be understood in a clear and distinct sense-yet I suspect, I say, that this way of speaking of FACULTIES has misled many into a confused notion of so many distinct agents in us, which had their several provinces and authorities, and did command, obey, and perform several actions, as so many distinct beings; which has been no small occasion of wrangling, obscurity, and uncertainty, in questions relating to them.
Zeren esaten zaigunean nahimena dela arimaren ahalmen gorena, gauza guztiak arautzen eta ordenatzen dituena, libre dela ala ez dela, ahalmen apalagoak zehazten dituela, adimenaren aginduetara diharduela, etab., nahiz eta hori diotenek beren ideiak arretaz aztertuz eta beren pentsamenduak hitzen soinura barik, gauzen nabaritasunera erabiliz baieztapen hauek guztiak zentzu argi eta bereizian uler ditzaketen, hala ere, susmatzen dut ahalmenez mintzatzeko era honek jende asko berauen nozio okerra izatera eraman duela, ahalmenak gure barruan nor bere aginte eta eremuarekin leudeken eta izaki, ezberdinak bailiran agindu, obeditu eta ekintza ezberdinak eginen lituzketen eragile ezberdinak balira bezala hartu baititu, eta hau guztia liskar, iluntasun eta ziurgabetasun bide izan da ahalmenoi dagozkien arazoetan.