However, as it generally happens that those, who have had many experiences, vacillate, so long as they regard a thing as future or past, and are usually in doubt about its issue (II. xliv. note); it follows that the emotions which arise from similar images of things are not so constant, but are generally disturbed by the images of other things, until men become assured of the issue.
Hala ere, nola maiz gertatzen den anitz gauzatan esperientzia dutenek dudamudak izatea, gauza bat etorkizunekoa ala iraganekoa bezala kontenplatzerakoan, eta nola gauza aterako den zalantza asko baduten (ikus 2. Zat., 44. Prop.), hortik dator gisa horrretako irudietatik sortzen diren afektuak hain iraunkorrak ez izatea, eta maizenik beste gauzen irudiek haiek nahastea, ziurtasun handiago bat izan arte gauzaren egoeraz.