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METAPHYS

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O; d;¡;·,·,-,:ing, tt,:aolh,r op,·ralio",

Ih, tnind.

A NO T UER ("C\lIt}'

of the mind,

that of

di(a rning

¡'e/~~~n

idl

ni.

his dcpcnds (he evidente and

certainty o(

rt:v~'ral

gener,tl propofitions. In being abJc

nicdv

diHinf!.ui(h

olJe

thi0t;

frol\1

anO!hcr~

where there

tlJ~

leall ddferencc, confi{ls, in a

gr~"t

meaCure, that

~x(1fl

nrfl

'!f

judgmclIl

and

cI~a,.nefi ~r

re.tJ(

which is

t O

be obfl!n'ed in oot: mao abo\'e :mother.

To tbe wedl

cliHinj;uiflling

our

ideal,

chieAy contri·

~lltes

that

they

clcar ano determinate ; and when they

are fa.

will

na t breerl any

coufuGon

or miClake about

Ihern, IhOllgh the (enfes fl, ould convey them from Ihe

f.me

obj<o!l

dtffer~ntly

on different o.cafions.

J 'he t.omparing of ou r

ideal

one with another in

refpea

exl l!lI/,

degru,

¡¡IIU,

plau ,

or anyother

circumtlanccs,

is another operatton of lhe mind aboul its

ideol

~hich

the ground of

rclntiol.'l.

Brutes

fecm

na l to have !his

facuhy in any

gr.at

degree . They have probauly feveral

;d~ol

diClinét enough; but canno! compare them farthe r

. han fome fcnfible circurnflance, anoexed

Ihe objeél.

theOlf~"'es,

C~1J''P?fithn

is another operatian of Ihe mind, whereby

jt corut,;nes fe\'eral of its fimple

jd~al

iota

complex

ones:

Under which operation \\emay reckon.!,h:tt of

u JlargilJg;

whercin we put fcveral

ideal

together of the fame kind,

as feveral units

make a

dOZ(1J ,

Ahjlra{/ion

another operation of the mind, whereby

the

mind forms general

ideal

from fuch as it received from

panicular objeéts; which

it,

does by conlidering them, as

they are in the mind fuch appearanc'es feparate from the

circumíbmees of real exi tlenee, as

tim!, plau,

&c.

T befe

become general

repn!enlotivu

of aJl of lhe (",me

kind,

and lhelr n"'mes applicable tO whatever exills comformahle,

Cueh abllraét

id~al .

T hus the colour reeeived from

cha/l,

!n(//JJ)

and

mi/k,

is made a repnCentative'ot all of

.bat kin'd ; and has-a n::.me given it

(wriulJc!r.)

whieh

fig.

ni(¡es the {ame quali ty, wlJere\'er tO

found or imagined .

And tbus

unn.:erjall, borh· idra}

and

terllJJ,

are made.

0i"

eo",plo; id<al.

IN·

the receplion of fi mple ide" the mind is only

paf

Jive ,

ha,'ing no power

frame any one tO idelf, nor

ha~

ving any id<a which does not wholly confill of ,hern. HUI

ahou t therc lim pie Kleas its exerts fcvera l aéts

ils own,

whert.by

Out

c..r

them , as

Ihe

materi ..ls and foundarions of

the rt:fi , lhe otha are framl!d :

The

aéts of rhe mind,

wherein

exerts

i(~

power o\'cr its fimple Ideas, are chief–

Iy thefc

1hr~r :

FirJl.

combines (r'f' crttl {imr1e ¡Jeas

in~

to one eompound one; and thus

all

,'olf¡/dex ideal

Clre m ade.

Se,~ndly,

-Ir

bl incs tv.'o ideas, whether

jiJ"l'le

cOlIJp/~x,

togelher. and {ets thl.:'m

afie

another , fo

liS t O

t-tke a

view

lh~m

<tt on<;(',

widlOUt

uniting th(,'m into one

which way it gels all ils ide:!.s of relations,

T hirdlv,

ftp:aatt!! theom frcm all olher idl.:'3S th.H ólecOmptt ny Ihem

in their real exiHenee: And thus all !tS

goural

i.1e,"I}

are

madeo.

jilllp/~

iden}

are obfcrved

x.ia

In rl vt:nl

comblOations uniteo .ogct her,

' he mino

I1l"Y

conrider

them as uniH:ct, no\ only

"'..5

tbey 3te

re.dl

) uni tl'd in

external objeéls. :,ut as itCelf h"s j

OIr.ul

Ihc:m

l '/('a}

Ihus m,de up of feve ral oncs FUI

, o~"the r,

are called

ct;lIIplo.:;

mano

arlll)',

"~au~}',

gl'atittlf{e,

&:0.

By this

faeuhy of rcpeating and joining logcthcr ils

ideal)

the

mind

h~s

great power in v;¡ rying and multiplying the

objcas of its thoughts. BUI it i. Ilill confined

thofe

limpie

iden}

which it received (rom the two fou rees of

fi'n/alioll

and

rejl~[jioll,

e"'" h ;¡ \'e no other'

id~a} ~f

fenfible qualities, than what come. from withol1l by the

feo

Ces,

nor any othcr

idea}

of the operarions of a think.

ing fubHance. than what it finds in ¡trelf; but having

once got theCe limpie

ideo},

can by its own powcr put

them together, and make. Dew

complex onu,

which

never received

united.

CoJ1lJpü,"C

ideal,

howevercompounded and decompound.

ed, though theí r nUOlber be iofi nite, a. d thei r variety

endlefs. may all be reduced onder thefe three heads:

, fl,

M oda ;

only,

S lIbjlaneeJ;

3dly,

Rdali."I.

fi,

/)10d(l

are fu ch compJex

idea}

as contain not the

fuppofit ion of fubfifl ing b:y ,hcrnfel

' eS.

bu, are cpnfide red

dependances on, and afFeétions of fubtlances;

triang/~,.

gralitud~,

murder,

oce. TheCe modes are of t\Vo forts:

Firll,

Simple;

which are eomLinations of the f301e limpie

idea;

dozen,

fcor~,

&c.

whích are but' the

id~PI

fo many difiino!l units -put ,ogether. Secondly,

Mix,d;

which are

compou nd~d

of fimple

MMI

of feveral kinds ;.

hefluly,

whieh confills in a cenain comp0(¡lion of co–

lou r and figure, caufing delight in the b, h Ider;

thif/,

which is the concealed change of Ihe poffellion of any–

Ihing, withou! the confent of the proprielor.

Th,ft-. ifibly·

conujo

combination of

id~t1J

of Ceveral kinds.

odly,

Subjlallea.

The

id, al

of fubflances ,are only

fueh eombinations of limpIe

idt'ol

as are taken tO 'repre–

Jent diflino!l particular Ihings fubfifiing by themfe/ves, in

which Ibe confufed

idea

of fubUance i. always Ihe chief.

Thus a combinatíon of the

ideo}

of a certaio figure,

with

the powers of motion. thought, and reaConing, joíned

fubnanee. m,.ke the ordin;¡ry

i"~a

of ma,n.

Thif'

ogai"

are either of

jingl, ;lIhjlaneer,

mano

j1on~;

or of

col/, flivt,

or feveraJ

por

togetber, as

army,

heap.

ld~aJ

of feveral fubltances thus pue logelher, are

mueh eaeh of Ihem one tingle

idea,

as drat of

1/Ian

or ao

unit ,

3d1y,

Retation};

whi!=h confin

(he confid(,fation

and comp:.ring of one

ideo

with another,

(heCe feveral

kinds

{hall treal in [heír order.

jim¡/, mod,,; And,

jirjl,

Ih, fimpl, modo

H{/e<·

CONC E ItN I NG.fi1lJp/~ tlJod~1

we may obfer...e,

th~t

the

modl(icdtions of

anyjilJlp/~

ideal

are as prrfeél ly

difr~ rent

and diflino!l ide•• in the mind. as ,hofe of the greatefl di–

Han ..e or cantrariety: T hus

t'IJJO

as ddliné't from

,hru,

hlu~"eft

rr" m

1'~,lt,

Spne<

is a fimple idea whir h \Ve gel both by our fight

and lOueh , Wheo we confider it barely in Jenglh be–

(\I.'een t\1.'O bodil.'s, it is ealled

diJ!Qnc~.'

when in Ic:ngth,

brcad,h, and ,hicknefs, i, m.y be called

<o/,,,cil)l.

' Vhen

confid ered between the extremities o( m.nter, which

filJs

the capacity of (pace wi,h fome,hing folid, langible. and

move-tble,

is called

extenjil)n .

And thus

eXltnjion

wiJI

be an

i1,·a

bclonging JO body; bu'

H:1C<

may be conceivcd

w .'baut

it •.

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