so that whatever has the consciousness of present and past actions, is the same person to whom they both belong. Had I the same consciousness that I saw the ark and Noah's flood, as that I saw an overflowing of the Thames last winter, or as that I write now, I could no more doubt that I who write this now, that saw the Thames overflowed last winter, and that viewed the flood at the general deluge, was the same SELF,-place that self in what SUBSTANCE you please-than that I who write this am the same MYSELF now whilst I write (whether I consist of all the same substance material or immaterial, or no) that I was yesterday.
Noeren kutxa eta uholdea ikusi izanaren kontzientzia banu, iragan neguko Tamesi ibaiaren gainezkatzea ikusi izanaren edo une honetan idazten ari naizen kontzientzia daukadan moduan, ezin izanen nuke zalantzatan jarri orain idazten ari naizen hau, iaz Tamesi gainezka ikusi nuen hau eta uholde unibertsala ikusi nuen hau nor berbera dela-nor hau nahi den substantzian jarrita ere-, idazten ari naizen hau, horretan ari naizen bitartean (materiagabeko edo materiazko substantzia beraz osaturikoa izan ala ez) atzo izandako ni neu berbera naizen bezalaxe.