Hence it is, that we may often observe that, when any one sees a new thing of a kind that he knows not, he presently asks, what it is; meaning by that inquiry nothing but the name. As if the name carried with it the knowledge of the species, or the essence of it; whereof it is indeed used as the mark, and is generally supposed annexed to it.
Horregatik maiz, norbaitek berak ezagutzen ez duen motako gauzaren bat ikustean, berehala galdetzen du gauza hori zer den, galdera hori eginez izena besterik ez duelarik bilatzen, izenak bere baitan espeziearen edo beronen esentziaren ezagutza balekar bezala, izena benetan ere beronen seinale moduan erabiltzen eta eskuarki beroni erantsita suposatzen delarik.