For if every distinct quality that were discovered in any matter by any one were supposed to make a necessary part of the complex idea signified by the common name given to it, it must follow, that men must suppose the same word to signify different things in different men: since they cannot doubt but different men may have discovered several qualities, in substances of the same denomination, which others know nothing of.
Zeren bakoitzak edozein materiatan deskubrituriko koalitate ezberdin bakoitza ematen zaion izen komunak adierazitako ideia konplexuaren osagai dela suposatuko balitz, hemendik nahitaez aterako litzateke gizakiek suposatu behar dutela hitz berak gauza diferenteak esan nahi dituela gizaki ezberdinenengan, ezin baitute zalantzarik egin pertsona ezberdinek beste batzuek inondik ere ezagutzen ez dituzten zenbait koalitate deskubritu ahal izan dituztela izen bereko substantzietan.