And inasmuch as the essence of mind consists in the fact (II. xi., xiii.), that it affirms the actual existence of its own body, and inasmuch as we understand by perfection the very essence of a thing, it follows that the mind passes to greater or less perfection, when it happens to affirm concerning its own body, or any part thereof, something involving more or less reality than before.
eta 13. Prop. arab.), eta nola betegintzarrez gauza baten esentzia bera aditzen dugun, hortik dator Izpiritua betegintzarre handiago edo tipiago batera iragaten dela, bere Gorputzaz edo honen zati batez aitzinean baino errealitate gehiago edo gutiago barne hartzen duen zerbait baieztatzen duenean.