-Hence the actual being of things, which are not modes of thought, does not follow from the divine nature, because that nature has prior knowledge of the things. Things represented in ideas follow, and are derived from their particular attribute, in the same manner, and with the same necessity as ideas follow (according to what we have shown) from the attribute of thought.
Horra nola, pentsatzeko moduak ez diren gauzen izate formala Jainkoaren izaeratik baldin badator, ez den hori gertatzen horrek aitzinetik gauza horiek ezagutu dituelako, baina haien ideia dugun gauzen beren atributuetarik etortzen eta osatzen dira Pentsamenduaren atribututik ideiak etortzen direla demonstratu dugun modu berean eta beharrezkotasun berarekin. VII. Proposizioa