Let a man of good parts know all the maxims generally made use of in mathematics ever so perfectly, and contemplate their extent and consequences as much as he pleases, he will, by their assistance, I suppose, scarce ever come to know that the square of the hypothenuse in a right-angled triangle is equal to the squares of the two other sides.
Demagun gizaki burutsu batek matematikan erabili ohi diren maximak ezin hobeto ezagutzen dituela eta berauen hedadura eta ondorioak nahi hainbatean ikusten dituela, eta egiaztatuko dugu, nik uste, horien laguntzaz nekez helduko dela triangelu angeluzuzen batean hipotenusaren berbidura beste alde bien berbiduren berdina dela jakitera.