For example: let us consider the complex idea we signify by the word murder: and when we have taken it asunder, and examined all the particulars, we shall find them to amount to a collection of simple ideas derived from reflection or sensation, viz.
Adibidez, hilketa hitzak adierazten duen ideia konplexua aztertzen badugu, atalka hartu eta zehatz arakatzean, aurkituko dugu sentipen edo hausnarketa bidez erdietsitako ideia bakunen bilduma bat besterik ez dela.