But if the kinds of causes had been infinite in number, then also knowledge would have been impossible; for we think we know, only when we have ascertained the causes, that but that which is infinite by addition cannot be gone through in a finite time.
Bestalde, kausen espezieak kopuruz amaigabeak balira ez 30) litzateke ezagutzerik izango, kausak ezagutu ditugunean bakarrik uste baitugu dakigula. Baina gehiketaren bidez amaigabe dena ez dago denbora mugatuan zeharkatzerik.