But were there no other reason against it, yet the supposition of essences that cannot be known; and the making of them, nevertheless, to be that which distinguishes the species of things, is so wholly useless and unserviceable to any part of our knowledge, that that alone were sufficient to make us lay it by, and content ourselves with such essences of the sorts or species of things as come within the reach of our knowledge: which, when seriously considered, will be found, as I have said, to be nothing else but, those ABSTRACT complex ideas to which we have annexed distinct general names.
Baina honen kontra beste arrazoirik ez balego ere, ezagutu ezin ditugun esentziak suposatzea eta beroriek, hala ere, gauzen espezieak bereizten dituzten elementu egitea hain da alferrekoa eta emendiorik gabekoa gure adimenaren arlo ezberdin guztietarako, non horixe bakarrik ere nahikoa izan behar genukeen iritzi hori ezesteko eta burura ditzakegun gauzen moten edo espezieen esentziekin konformatzeko;