He that cannot discern the truth or falsehood of such propositions, without the help of these and the like maxims, will not be helped by these maxims to do it: since he cannot be supposed to know the truth of these maxims themselves without proof, if he cannot know the truth of others without proof, which are as self-evident as these.
Horrelako proposizioen egia edo faltsutasuna maxima horien edo antzekoen laguntzarik gabe bereizi ezin duenak ez du horretarako laguntza handirik aurkituko maxima horietan, zeren maxima horien berorien egia ere ezin izanen baitu frogarik gabe ezagutu, baldin horiek bezain berez nabariak diren beste batzuen egia frogarik gabe ezagutu ezin badu.