71. In answer to this, I observe that, as the notion of Matter is here stated, the question is no longer concerning the existence of a thing distinct from Spirit and idea, from perceiving and being perceived; but whether there are not certain ideas of I know not what sort, in the mind of God which are so many marks or notes that direct Him how to produce sensations in our minds in a constant and regular method-much after the same manner as a musician is directed by the notes of music to produce that harmonious train and composition of sound which is called a tune, though they who hear the music do not perceive the notes, and may be entirely ignorant of them.
71. Honi erantzunez ohartarazi nahi nuke, hemen jarritako materiaren nozioaren arabera, auzia ez dela horrenbeste "izpiritu" edo "ideiatik", hautematetik eta hautemana izatetik diferentea den zerbait existitzen den ala ez, baizik eta ea Jainkoaren adimenduan nolabaiteko ideiak, ez dakit nik nolakoak, prozedura iraunkor eta erregularrez gure adimenduan zentzazioak sortzeko modua erakusten dioten seinale edo nota direnak, existitzen diren ala ez, musikako notek musikariari erakusten dioten bezala "melodia" deritzan segida harmoniatsua eta hots-konposizioa sortzeko modua, nahiz eta musika entzuten ari direnak notarik hauteman ez, eta beraiez ezer jakin ez.