For instance, in this proposition "a die is hard, extended, and square," they will have it that the word die denotes a subject or substance, distinct from the hardness, extension, and figure which are predicated of it, and in which they exist.
Adibidez proposizio honetan "datoa gogorra, hedatua eta koadratua da" sostengatuko dute "dato" hitzak subjektu edo substantzia bat adierazten duela, berari buruz predikatzen edo beraren baitan existitzen diren gogortasun, kolore eta figuratik diferentea dena.