Wherefore the endeavour wherewith a thing exists involves no definite time; but, contrariwise, since (III. iv.) it will by the same power whereby it already exists always continue to exist, unless it be destroyed by some external cause, this endeavour involves an indefinite time.
beraz, gauza izanarazten duen ahaleginak ez du denbora mugaturik barne hartzen, alderantziz baizik, zeren (4. Prop. ber. arab.) kanpoko kausa batek suntsitzen ez badu, existitzen jarraituko du, orain izanarazten duen ahalmen berarengatik.