The space of the geometer would be considered a mere fiction, and it would not be credited with objective validity, because we cannot see how things must of necessity agree with an image of them, which we make spontaneously and previous to our acquaintance with them.
Fantasia soiltzat joko litzateke geometrilariaren espazioa eta ez litzaioke inolako balio objektiborik emango; ikusi ere ez baita egiten, nola gauzek derrigor kointziditu behar duten guk geuk eta aldez aurretik horiei buruz egiten dugun irudiarekin.