PROP. XVII. If the human body is affected in a manner which involves the nature of any external body, the human mind will regard the said external body as actually existing, or as present to itself, until the human body be affected in such a way, as to exclude the existence or the presence of the said external body.
XVII. Proposizioa Kanpoko gorputz baten izaera barne hartzen duen modu batez hunkia baldin bada giza Gorputza, giza Izpirituak kanpoko gorputz hori ikusiko du aktuan existitzen balitz bezala edo hor aitzinean balu bezala, gorputz horren existentzia edo presentzia ukatzen duen afektu batek giza Gorputza jo arte.