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M E T A P 1I

e s.

IrnJion, 11141;1)11,

r~flt

l!1lwb!r,

andjg"rf.

T hefe are

in{;'p_"bl" from body, anl

fu~h

as it eonl(¡¡nlly keeps in

all its ch:\nges and

;¡ltcntions.

Secondly:

Suo'¡d3r)'

q!j.'1lili~J:

fuch as

(0'1';:'''.1,

(rnd

t afln,

foU.lldl,

&c.

which.

whatever reallty we

m le

uke

OH)'

attribute

the~.

are in trmh nothing in the

obj:éls tht'mfdves, but

pfJ1JJ~rJ

proauce

varíous

fen·

f"lioos

ió

us; anJ

depe:d

the

qualitles

before

meo–

t ion¿d.

The

¡dfal

primar}

qualicies of bodies, are ref"m··

hlances of them; and thcir patterns rea!ly exifl in

bodll S

themfel.es

: But tbe ideas

produc~d

in us by

feeond.ry

q ualities h.n-e no ref!mbl.tncc: of them at all; and what

jwu/, 61tu:

worm,

in the id!!a . is

bU l

rhe

cenatn

bulk, figure, and O1o,ion of ,he inf"nfi"le parls io ,be

bodie. th

<mfd.es

, wbieh we ea!l fo

Thus)Ne fee. that (ire

a l

one

d¡(hnce produces in us the

fenCuioo of

'Warllllh,

which at a nearer approach caufes

the feofation of

p:lin.

N J W

what re",ron have we

ray,

th.t~e

idea

·IJ.I1rmlh

is a8ually

the fire; but

th.lt

pain

nor

th~

lire; which (he

Carne

6re produces in

u. the fame way? The bulk, numher, figure, aoa mo·

tioo

the pan

of I1re, are really in it, whether we

percei vc them or no;

and

therefore may be

calle~' ,.~"I

qu.lities, beeaufe th<y rea!ly exin in that body : But

lighl

and

heal

are no more re.!ly in it, than fieknef. or

paio: T ake away the fenfation of them; let oot ,he eyes

ree Jight or colours, nor the ear hear founds; Jet the pa·

late oot tane, Qr the nofe !mel! ; aod all

colourl,

lajla,

oóouyr.

and

10undJ,

as they are fuch particular ideas,

vanilli and ceafe, and are

reduc~d

to their caufes.

(lhat

js,) bulk, mo,ion, figure,

&c.

of pan•.

T hefeFeondar)

qu.lities are of t\Vo forts. F irn,

[m·

mediale" perceivable;

whieh by immedialely óperaliog

on our bodies, produce feveral different ideas in uso Se–

condly,

Mediale" perceivabl"

whieh by opera,ing

other bodies, change their primary qualides,

as to

reoder ,hem qpable of producing ide.. in us differeot

from what ,hey did before. Thefe lalt are powers in bo·

dies, which proceed from the particular conftitution of

thore primary and originJI qualíties. tO make ruch a

change in the

Imll,

fi¿ure, texlul"e,

&c. of anotber body,

:\5

make

operate 00 our fenCes dafferent (rom what it

did before; as in fire. to

m.ke

leAd Buid. Thefc two

Jan being

norhing

but powers rd:ning tO other bodies,

and rcfulting from lhe difFc:n:nt modífications of the ori·

ginal qU.1lllies. are yet olherwiCe thought of; the fo r·

m:r being elteemed

r<al g',alitiu,

but tbe la"er barely

po'U)(rJ.

p"cep'ion.

PER.CEPT10N

¡,

the

6ra

idea we receive from reflec..

tioo:

is by fome ea!led

Ihinling

in g<ner.l: Though

'hillking,

the propriety orthe

EnJIi/h

tongue, fignifics

that faTI of oper.uion of (he mind "bOll t

ideas, where·

in the mind is ",étive ; where it confiders

any

thing with

fome

d~gree

of voJuntary atttntlon: F or in bare

perccp·

¡iun

the mi!ld ís, fur the mon pan, only

paJlhl!

and

what

p~rceive!.

it canoot avoid pelcci\"lOg. \Vha.t

1his is. we cannot olherwire know, than by rcfh.éting

QJl

what

p.tr

;s iD our mlDds

-.vh:

n we fce, fcel, hear,

&• .

mpremons mOlde on the outward parts, ir they are.not

taken notlr.e of withill c<'lufe no

/,."rcrption;

as we Cec

thote whoJi: minds lirc int¡;ndy boricd in thc coocempJa..

tion of cCll.tin objcéls.

Oltty

obfavc: lh,,[ the ideas we receive from renrl –

ti'on, are

vflcn

'wn

p:opJe

alter~d

by the judgment,

without ou r tdking norice of

il.

Thu5 a globe of any

u–

niform eolour, (.s of gold. or je,,) being fe, before ou r

eyes, the

idea

thereby Imprinted i) of a Aat clrcle vari–

ouOy Ihadowed: Bu, bo;ng aeeultomed to pereei. e what

kind of app..:arance convt:x bodies are Wont tO rñake iD

us , the judgmcnt alters rhe appearances into their caufes;

and , fl'ol11 lhitl variety of Oladow or coJour, frames

itlelf

th~

perception uf a convex

fi~ure

of one uniform

coJour. T his in mJny caJes, by

fett led habit o is pera

formed ro readily. that we

takc:

that for the perception

OUr

fenfatian, which i5 but an idt!a formt:d by

rhe

judgmecl; fo th.H one {t!rves Qnly la excite the other,

and is fcarce taken notice of ¡t(elr: As aman

who

read,

or hears with attention,

takes

JlttIe n'Hice of the char¡c–

te rs or fouods, but of the ideas that are eXclted

him

by,hem .

Perce ~tion

is alfo the

6ra-

H1!p and degr\!e toward,

knowlcdgc, and ,he iol. t of all 'he materials of it; fo

thal

rhe fewer reafes any man

h:u,

acd the dlllJer the

impreffions that are made by them are, the

more

lemOte

he i, from that koowledge whieh i, to be fouod in other

meo.

r~/mlion.

THE nexl faeuhy of ,he mind whercby it makes a

funher progrefs toward. knowledge, is ea!led

reten–

lion;

whieh is ,he keeping of ,hore ide.s i, has received.

Which is done t\Vo ways :

Firjl,

By keepillg " he idea whieh is brough , into the

mind for fome time a(lual!y iD .iew; which is ea!led

con–

templalion.

Seconalj,

By revi1illg tho!e idea. in our minds which

have difapeared, and

have

becn, as it were, laid out of

fight: Aod this is

mun'Jr.1:

which is, as it were, the

flore-houfe of our ideas; r'or the narro\V mind of

milO

" Ot being capablc orhaving many ideas under view at once,

was necdrary to have a repofitory tO layup thoCe ideas,

wllich at another time it

may

have ufe of. But our ideas

bei ng nothing but a(lu .1 pereeption. in ,he mind, whieh

cea(e to

any thing when there is

p~rception

of thcm,

this Iying up of our

id~a/

lhe repofitory of the memory

fignifies no more but lhis, Ibat the mind has

power,

many cares, to revive perceptions it has Once

had,

with

thls additional perception annexeJ to them, that it has

had ,hcm ,hcm before

And it is by the a!li!tanee of ,his

facuhy, th:n we are f¡id

have

all

thuCe ideas in our

undcr(bndiogs whieh we ean bring io figh ' , and make the

obje[ls of our tho"l(llIS, withou, ,he help of ,hofe fenfible

qualitics whi:h t¡rU impnnted theOl there.

Tho!e id"s tha, are o(,en

refrelh~d

by a frequen , re·

turn of the objc:éts or ,,(tions

th.tt

produce thcm, I1x rhem a

ftl ves bcfi

in the meOlory, and remaín 10ngcCl,here : Such

are the

origil:al <J'lafilio o/ ho

fin

viz.

SoJ.Jity,

exrcn·

Cion,

ligur~,

moti

no,

6c.

Theft and the Ilke are feldom

qui,e Ion

1'1

111le the mind retaios .ny

id,al

a' all.