which is that sort of complex idea of substances we have. And, after all, if we would have, and actually had, in our complex idea, an exact collection of all the secondary qualities or powers of any substance, we should not yet thereby have an idea of the ESSENCE of that thing. For, since the powers or qualities that are observable by us are not the real essence of that substance, but depend on it, and flow from it, any collection whatsoever of these qualities cannot be the real essence of that thing.
eta, beraz, ez dauka existitzen den ezein substantziaren ahalmenen eta erlazioen ideia konplexu egokirik, horrelakoxea delarik substantziez daukagun ideia konplexua. Eta, azkenean, geure ideia konplexuaren baitan substantzia baten bigarren koalitate guztien bilduma bete-betea eduki ahal bagenu edo bagenu, ez genuke, haatik, gauza horren esentziaren ideia.