PROP. X. Towards something future, which we conceive as close at hand, we are affected more intensely, than if we conceive that its time for existence is separated from the present by a longer interval; so too by the remembrance of what we conceive to have not long passed away we are affected more intensely, than if we conceive that it has long passed away.
X. Proposizioa Berehala gertatuko dela irudikatzen dugun etorkizuneko gauza batek azkarkiago hunkitzen gaitu, haren existitzeko aldia oraikotik urrunago dagoela irudika bageneza baino; eta duela guti gertatu dela irudikatzen dugun gauza baten oroitzapenak azkarkiago hunkitzen gaitu aspaldi gertatu dela irudika bageneza baino.