4. That ESSENCE, in the ordinary use of the word, relates to sorts, and that it is considered in particular beings no further than as they are ranked into sorts, appears from hence: that, take but away the abstract ideas by which we sort individuals, and rank them under common names, and then the thought of anything essential to any of them instantly vanishes: we have no notion of the one without the other, which plainly shows their relation.
4. Bada zerbait erakusten duena esentzia, hitz honen ohiko erabileran, motekin erlazionatzen dela, eta izaki partikularretan, motetan sailkaturik dauden heinean ez bada, ez dela aintzat hartzen, eta zerbait hori honako hau da, alegia, banakoak espezietara ekartzeko eta izen komunen pean sailkatzeko erabiltzen ditugun ideia abstraktuak kenduez gero, haietan esentziala dela baiezta lezakeen pentsamendu oro berehala ezabatzen ikustea;