and the same person preserved under the change of various substances. Could we suppose any spirit wholly stripped of all its memory of consciousness of past actions, as we find our minds always are of a great part of ours, and sometimes of them all; the union or separation of such a spiritual substance would make no variation of personal identity, any more than that of any particle of matter does.
Eta horra hor nola substantzia zenbakiz bera pertsona ezberdin biren zati bihurtzen den eta nola substantzia ezberdinen aldaketaren eraginpean ere pertsona berak dirauen. Espirituren bat iraganeko bere ekintzekiko oroimenaz eta kontzientziaz, gure gogamenak gureen zati handi batenaz beti eta guztienaz sarri egoten diren moduan, zeharo gabeturik dagoen espiritu bat imajinatu ahal bagenu, substantzia espiritual horren batasunak edo banakuntzak ez luke identitate pertsonala aldatuko, edozein materi partikularenak aldatuko lukeena baino gehiago.