Thus the conception of a new object, considered in itself, is of the same nature as other conceptions; hence, I do not include wonder among the emotions, nor do I see why I should so include it, inasmuch as this distraction of the mind arises from no positive cause drawing away the mind from other objects, but merely from the absence of a cause, which should determine the mind to pass from the contemplation of one object to the contemplation of another.
Gauza berri baten irudikapena, bere baitan harturik, besteen izaera berekoa da, eta arrazoi honengatik ez dut nik afektuen lerroan sartzen Mirespena, eta ez dut hori egiteko arrazoirik ikusten, zeren Izpirituaren barraiatze hori ez baita heldu beste gauza batzuetatik hura baztertzen duen kausa positibo batetik, gauza baten kontenplatzetik beste batzuei pentsatzera determinatuko duen kausa bat eskas izateagatik baizik.