The transition from a present object does in all cases give strength and solidity to the related idea. Here, then, is a kind of pre-established harmony between the course of nature and the succession of our ideas; and though the powers and forces, by which the former is governed, be wholly unknown to us;
Hemen dagoena, beraz, naturaren abioaren eta gure ideien segidaren arteko harmonia aurrez jarria da, eta, nahiz eta lehenengoa arautzen duten indar eta ahalmenak guztiz ezezagunak zaizkigun, hala ere, gure pentsakizunek eta bururapenek naturako beste obren norabide berari jarraitu diotela aurkitzen dugu.