though this instance is so singular, that it is scarcely worth our observing, and does not merit that for it alone we should alter our general maxim. 17. Here, therefore, is a proposition, which not only seems, in itself, simple and intelligible; but, if a proper use were made of it, might render every dispute equally intelligible, and banish all that jargon, which has so long taken possession of metaphysical reasonings, and drawn disgrace upon them.
Eta honek frogatzat balio dezake ideia bakunak ez direla beti eurei dagozkien inpresioetatik harakoak, nahiz eta kasu hau hain izan bakana, ezen ia alferrekoa baita hautematea ere, eta horregatik ez du gure epaia aldatzerik merezi. 17. Hona, beraz, proposizio bat bere baitan bakuna eta ulergarria dirudiena ezezik, behar bezala erabiliz gero, era berean ulergarri egingo lukeena edozein eztabaida, hainbeste denboran arrazoiketa metafisikoak eskuratu eta lorrindu duen mordoilo guzti hori ezabatuz.