and IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE SAME THING TO BE AND NOT TO BE. And I would be glad to be shown where any such science, erected upon these or any other general axioms is to be found: and should be obliged to any one who would lay before me the frame and system of any science so built on these or any such like maxims, that could not be shown to stand as firm without any consideration of them.
Atseginez hartuko nuke norbaitek erakutsiko balit hauen edo beste axioma orokor batzuen gainean eraikitako zientziaren bat eta esker ona agertuko nioke norbaitek erakutsiko balit zientziaren baten egitura eta sistema maxima hauen edo antzekoen gainean halatan eraikita dagoela, non ezin izanen litzatekeen ikusi haiek gabe ere tinkotasun berdinaz legokeela zutik.