A little attention will discover to us that the very being of an idea implies passiveness and inertness in it, insomuch that it is impossible for an idea to do anything, or, strictly speaking, to be the cause of anything:
Aditasun apur batez behingoan agertuko zaigu ideiaren izateak berak ere pasibotasuna eta inertetasuna inplikatzen dituela bere baitan, halako moldez non ezinezkoa den ideiak ezertxo ere egitea, edo hertsitasunez hitzeginda, ezeren kausa izatea;