and though in such kind of propositions this great and magnified maxim, boasted to be the foundation of demonstration, may be and often is made use of to confirm them, yet all it proves amounts to no more than this, That the same word may with great certainty be affirmed of itself, without any doubt of the truth of any such proposition; and let me add, also, without any real knowledge.
eta mota horretako proposizioetan maxima handietsi hori, frogapenaren oinarri moduan goraipatua, haiek berresteko erabil badaiteke eta maiz erabili egiten bada ere, honako hauxe frogatzera baino ez dela heltzen, alegia, hitz bera berberari buruz ziurtasun handiz baiezta daitekeela, horrelako proposizioaren egiari buruzko inolako zalantarik gabe, eta, esan dezadan hau ere, inolako ezagutzarik gabe.