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METAPHYS
e s.
01
",i« ti moda.
M,,(!n
moJo
are combin"ioo.
of jimpl,
id""
of dif–
fcrent kiods. T he mind bdng onct:
(UI
nlOled wil h fi m·
pie
ideol,
can put lhem tOgt'tlJcr in
{cvenl
com politions,
,,,ithout examining
wllC:th~r
they exifl fo logethe r in na·
ture
And henee
1[
15,
lh:tl
thcle
idt::lS are c"lIc:d
no/ionl,
as
ir
(!ley han rhe;r
onginal
~ nd
conHant
exiHC:I,ce more
in lhe thoughts of meo , than in lhe
rcality
of things
:
ann
10
form fu ch ide;¡,s,
it
fufficL'd
thal lhe minJ
pUl
lhe
pans or them
logethcr. and
th.u they
wcre
confiltcnt
in
Ihe uncltrUanding. without conlidcring whcther (hey had
any re,,1being. T here are
lhree
ways whercby we
gel
thert: complex ideas of
m;xttl fIIodo.
.jI.
By
n'p~rieflCt',
and
obfav;u ion
of thin2s thcmrelves :
T hus by Ceciog tWO Oleo wrd ll. , we get the
id,..
of wrell–
liog.
2d!J.
RI
;munl;an.
or volunrary putting togrthcr of
fever.d (jOlI,I«:
id~t1J
In
our own minds: So he that
fi dt
in–
vcnted
prinlillg.
had
aD
id(Q
of
it
lirfi in his OIind be·
for.:
it
ever (\·¡Hed.
3"6', By
rxplaining
[he names of aétions we never
fi\w,
or n:uions we cannot
lcc ;
and
by
enuruerating
al1
thore
i¿eal
wlllch go
ID
(he making them up. T hus
l he
mi,,–
• d moJe. wlltch the \Vord
lie
flaods for, i.
m.deu p of
IheCt: limpie
¡¿t'al:
1
H,
ArliculQ/~
[ou ndJ.
2dly,
Cer –
,,,in
ideas
in Ihe Ntind
of
Ihe
/p,a~er.
3dly,
T h?fo 'Wordl,
th,
.Ji~nl
of
Ihif'
ideas.
~thl y,
T h.t<
.h:'"
put log"h,r,
by ..
Hirmation or negarion, otherw¡(e .han rhe
id~QJ
they
n and (or are io the mi nd of the Cpeak« . Sioce I.oguages
are made,
eDlI/p/ex idrQI
are ufua lly got
by
{he explic¡¡.
lioo of thoC.
tero"
that
(I.od(or them: for fioce they
coofill o( fimp le
id,al
combioed. the)· may, by words
n aoding for thuCe fimp le
ideal,
be repreCentéd to the miod
of one \\he underfhnds thore words, though lhat combi–
nation of fimple
id(Q}
....
as never ofTcred to
his
mind by
, he real exincnce of
things.
Mixrd
modes have their
Uníl)
from an
all
of
{he mind,
com~'ining
thoCe (everal fiml/le
íd~al
togctner, and confi
dering them
as
one eom¡Jlex one : the mark
of
Ihis union
is
one
nanu
given
tO
thilt combio.tion.
l\1cn
(eldam
.
reekon any
num~er
o(
id~al
lOmake ene complc:x one
:
bUI rueh colleélions as ehere
b~
names for . Thus Ihe
l illillC
DÍ
tH1
o!J man,
is as
fit
10
be united into one
eDil/–
l /O:
iJea,
as Ihal of
a ¡"Oer;
yet thcr-: being no name
for it, it
¡..
nOI
t~keo
for
a
p...n icul.\r complex
id~(1,
nor
• dillioa fpecie. of .aioo from that of killiag aoy other
mano
T hoCe colleélioos of
id,al
have oames geoerally affixt d,
whieh
aTe or frequent uCe io coovcrr ...uon :
in
which C;'l.res
men endeavour
10
eommuoicate their Ihoughls
10
one a–
nother wirh
.11
poffi~le
drCpatch.
ThoCe Othcrs. wbich
they have f" ..Jdom oecarion lO menlion, tbey lie nOI t0cic,
tbc:r. nor gh'c them nitmes.
T his gives Ihe re,,('On, why there 2rc words in every
h ngu se, whith
canr.otbe: rcndered
by
any one tingle
word of anolher.
For
t~e f~ (hions
"nd cuHnms of one
Dillion mIke (eve,",1 combmations of
;,/~111
fam, li.(r in one,
whic.h -¡nolher had nevc,:r
~r.y
occJfion
(O
m;:tke:.
Su..:h
"'ere
f"f~~IAÓ,
Itmong che G rcC'ko:;.
t roleripti_
amon:!
tbc R owollU. This
.IC"
o.
,ti
ns
tbe
Q/ljlJllt
ChOlng'
01'
Jañgu:\ge.s; bccaure: the change of cu(lom and opioioD'
brincs wil h it
ncw
cOllJbi nations of
id~al,
wl1ich,
to a..
void long defcriptions. have new names annexed to tbem,
and fo lhey bccome
IU1JJ
¡pedo
of
lIIix~d
modes,
Qf.1.11 ou r filllp le
ideal ,
¡hofe thitt b.lve had
mo(l",ix:
ed
II/.,do
madc oUt of them, .are
thil1J:illg,
and
1IJolion ;
which comprehend
in
ehemall ¡étion ;
ílnd
p01JJ~r.
from
whence theCe: a{bons are conceived to flow. For Olétions
bein~
the great buri ners of mclnkind.
it
is no wonder,
'¡e
the: levt:r. l modes of thinking and motion (hould be take:n
notice of, lhe
ideal
of them' obferve:d and laid up in me–
mory, and have names affigned Ihem. For withoUI fud}
C01llp/(X
ideol
with
names
to them, men could not eafily
hold any
com mu~ic:nion
aboul them.
Of
Ihis kind are
the modes o( aétions diOingui(hed by eheir
cauro.
m~onl.
ohjefi r, endl, ílljlrumenls, lime, p/ou,
and olher cir–
cumlhnces; as alCo of the powers 6ucd for thoCe aélions:
thus
6o/dlleft
is the powcr to do or fpeak what we ¡ntend.,
without fearor difordcr; which powe rof doing any tbing,
when it has beeo acquired by the f"que", doiog the fame
thlng. is that
idea
we
caJl
ha6il ;
when forw;" ld, aod
ready upon every occ¡,¡ fion, to
br~ak
inlo aélion, we c21l
it
di/Pifttion:
thu.
' ejlimfl·
is a diCpofi tioo or aptoeCs
10
be angry.
P o'Wu
bei ng the fource of all aaion, the fubll.nce•
wherein theCe powers are,
wh'~n
they exert (bis power,
are callea
cau[eJ;
and the fubOaoces Ihereupnn
produc~d,
or the fimp le
Id,ol
iotroduced ioto aoy Cubjea,
,¡¡; nl.
T he e/lieacy whtreby the oew Cubllance or
id,a
i. produ-,
ed,
is
calJed,
in
the fubjetl e!<ening that power,
aflion;
iD
the fubjea.
wher~in
any
filllpl(:
id~o
is
changed
l
or
pr,?duced,
,paJ/ion:
W hich effieacy,
in
inlelletlual
ag~nlf.
we can concelve tO be nOthing elre bUI modes of
~hink.iDg
and willing; in
¡orpor~¡J1 tJg~nll,
nothing elfe bUl madi..
ficalions of motian.
01"our compl",
id.alof
jul>jlance¡.
T H E
miod obCerving Ctveral fimple
ideal
10
go eon–
Oantly logether, which being prefumed tO belong
10
one
thing. are cOlJJed, fo united io one fu hjetl, by one name,
whicb
Wc:
are ;¡pt afterward
lO
talk
of
anJ confide[ as one
limpie:
idea,
which indeed is
a
complicadon of many
ide'
'1
togethe r, We imagine nor tbefe fimple
ideal
ro
Cubfill bythernCelves; butfuppoCe
Comeluhjlrnlum
where–
io they Cubfitt. which we call
luhjlan
r , .
The
id,a
of
pure
lubl~.oce
is oothiog but the CuppoCed (but uokoowa)
furpOrt of thefe qualrtres,
w~ich
are
e'l'~ble
o( producio¡:
(jlllple
i¿('fU
in
us o
T he
idc'al
of
Pl rlicu/ar
cireUl/ljJahus
are compoCed
OUI
of Ihis obCeure and ge.neral
idfa
of fubftance, togl'lhcr
wid1 fuch combinalio,ls of
limp)e
ideas
as
are oblcn'cd
10
t.·xifl
(ogctller, and fuporccJ to flow from the
int~r"al
conflitution
and
unknowo effenee of
,b;H
fubH.nce.
T hus
\Ve come by Ihe
ideal
of
Tnlln,
hDrf~.
gDltI,
&c. T bus the
fenfibl~
qU .llitics of
irfJn,
or a
tJiolnDnd,
m.k.: the eom–
pi<x
id,."
of tho(e Cubn. nce., which. f01irh ota jeweller
cúOlnlonly knows benC'r thao a philofopher,
The fdOlC: h,ppcos
cooc~rninJ!
(he: operatlons of the
O1ind,
viz . Ihi"V ng,
r:olón¡'~f,
&c. whieh we ..concJu–
ding not tO (ublill by themCelves, oor appreheodiog how
tbey
e<Q
b:long tO body, or be pruduccJ by ¡t, we thiok
,b<Dl