For, since all distinct ideas must eternally be known not to be the same, and so be universally and constantly denied one of another, there could be no room for any positive knowledge at all, if we could not perceive any relation between our ideas, and find out the agreement or disagreement they have one with another, in several ways the mind takes of comparing them.
Zeren, nahiz eta ideia diferente guztiak ideia bera ez direla ezagutu behar den eta, beraz, unibertsalki bata besteari buruz ukatu, ezin izanen ginateke iritsi ezein ezagutza positibora, baldin gure ideien artean inolako erlaziorik hautematerik eta bata bestearekin duten adostasuna edo desadostasuna deskubritzerik ez bagenu, gogamenak ideiak konparatzeko dituen bide ezberdinez