But neither can this be done. For, being ignorant of the real essence itself, it is impossible to know all those properties that flow from it, and are so annexed to it, that any one of them being away, we may certainly conclude that that essence is not there, and so the thing is not of that species.
Baina hau ere ezin daiteke egin. Izan ere, esentzia erreala bera ezagutzen ez dugunez, ez daukagu beroni darizkion propietate guztiak ezagutzerik, eta propietateok hain baturik daude esentzia horrekin, non gauzaren batean euretako bat falta izanez gero, ziur atera dezakegun ondorioz gauza hori ez dela espezie horretakoa.