The Present onely has a being in Nature; things Past have a being in the Memory onely, but things To Come have no being at all; the Future being but a fiction of the mind, applying the sequels of actions Past, to the actions that are Present; which with most certainty is done by him that has most Experience;
Naturan oraina bakarrik dago; iragandako gauzak oroimenean bakarrik dute izatea; baina etortzeko dauden gauzek ez dute inolako existentziarik; etorkizuna adimenduak, oraingo ekintzei iraganeko ekintzen ondorioak aplikatuz, fabrikatzen duen fikzioa besterik ez baita.