For, granting that the thinking substance in man must be necessarily supposed immaterial, it is evident that immaterial thinking thing may sometimes part with its past consciousness, and be restored to it again: as appears in the forgetfulness men often have of their past actions;
Baina substantzia pentsatzaileak gizakiarengan ezinbetez inmateriala izan behar duela suposatuz gero, bistakoa da gauza pentsatzaile inmaterialak noiz behinka iraganeko kontzientzia burutik kendu egin behar duela, gero berriro gogoratzeko, gizakiek sarri izaten duten iraganeko ekintzei buruzko ahanzturan nabari denez;