For, since the things the mind contemplates are none of them, besides itself, present to the understanding, it is necessary that something else, as a sign or representation of the thing it considers, should be present to it:
Zeren, gogamenak kontenplatzen dituen gauzetarik bat bera ere ez dagoenez adimenean, gogamena bera salbu, beharrezko gertatzen da beste zerbait aurkez dakion hark kontsideratzen duen gauzaren zeinu edo irudikapen gisa: eta zerbait hori ideiak dira.