For it is plain that names of substantial beings, as well as others, as far as they have relative significations affixed to them, may, with great truth, be joined negatively and affirmatively in propositions, as their relative definitions make them fit to be so joined; and propositions consisting of such terms, may, with the same clearness, be deduced one from another, as those that convey the most real truths:
Izan ere, argi dago izaki substantzialen, edo beste batzuen, izenak, esanahi erlatiboa atxikirik duten heinean, baieztapenez edo ezeztapenez elkar daitezkeela proposizioetan, euren definizio erlatiboek horrela elkartuak izateko gai egiten dituzten neurrian;