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'Isa

METAPHYS

e s.

given Ihem, Ihal Ihey may nOI be Ihoughl faolaflical.

_ Stco"d/y,

Our complex

iJ,ol

of [ublLlOces being

m.d~,

in referc!nce

things exifling without

U9,

whó(c

repTe–

{entations they are thought are no

·fanh cr

real, thAn as

'Ihey are fuch coml:i""ioos of

Jimple iJ,ol

as are re:illy

united, and co-exdl in things without us: thore

are

(:,an–

t al!ical which are made up of feve ral

id,al

Ihat oever were

found united, as

Crnlaur,

&c.

O/ idenJ nd"r¡uale or

¡nada¡uote.

RE4L

ideQJare

either

adequate

inadcfJtlf1le.

Firft,

ad' 9/Jat';

\Vhieh perf",'lly reprefenl ,hofe arehelype.

wh ieh ihe miod fuppores ,hem lakeo from, and which 1l

makes them

Iland foro

Sccond(y, IlIadc'Iunle;

which

u e fueh as do bUI p.ni.lly or ioeomple.tly r<l>refeol rho[e

~rehelypes

'o whieh Ihey are referred. Wheoee i, ap–

pears,

Firfl,

That .11 our

jil1/pl, idtal

are

ad'quate.;,

for

they beiog bUI ,he <ffeéts of cen aio powers io Ihiog.

fi,–

red aod ordaioed by God

produce fueh f<of.,ioos io

s,.

they

canoOI

but be

correrponden t and adequate to

fu eh po'yers, aod we are [ure ,hey agr.e

Ihe reali,y

of Ihiog•.

Stcond/y.

Ou r

complex ideal of moda

b<iog voluotary

coll~étioos

Jimple idedl,

whieh Ihe mind pu" rogelher

without reference to any real archclypes, 'cannol bUl be

1It/((¡unl(

jd~al.

They:ue referred to no

OIher

pattern,

1l0r made by aoy origioal, but Ihe good.likiog aod will

of him Ihat niakes ,he eombination_

iodeed ooe would

conf~m

his

id<al

ro -Ihofe which are formed by aoolher

perfoo , Ihey may be wroog or

inad<q. ate,

bee.ure ,hey

agr« DO' 'o ,ha, whieh Ihe miod defigns

be Ihei r ar–

che'ype aod patrero ; in which refpea ooly aoy

idtal

modio can be wroog, imperfeét, or ioadequ.ate.

T 6iril/y,

Our

ideal

fubjlanctl

have io ,he mind a

double refereoce I

Firj/,

T hey. are fome times referred

a [uppof,d rial

err~oce,

of each fpeeies of Ihiogs ;

¡;–

&ondlJ,

They are defigned for reprefeo,a,ioos io ¡he miod,

of Ihiog. Ih., do exift, by

ideal

di[eoverable io them: In

bOlh whieh refpeéts Ihey are

illadrquate.

Firj/,

If Ihe

n.me

. of fubflaoees flaod for Ihiog., as

fuppofed to 6av. cer.tain r,,1 elfeoees, whereby ,hey are of

thi. or ,hal fpeeies, of whieh real elfeoees meo are ",hol–

Iy ignoranI ; i, follows, Ihar ,he

ideal

they havé in ,heir

m(nds,

beiog referred lO reál elTences

orchJlypn

whieh are uokoown, ,hey mufl be fo 'far f'Qm beiog ade–

q u..e, ,har ,hey caooo, be [uppofed ' o be aoy réprefen–

talion of Ihem al all. Our complex

ideal

of (ubflaoees

are- M.lhiog bUI cenaio eolleét¡o!>. of fimple

idtal

Ihat

have beco

~rerved

or fuppofed eoollantly

exill loge'

,her. . Bu, fueh a cOl;'ple"

idta

caono' be ,he real elfeoee

of aoy fubflaoce: For Ihen Ihe propenies we dircov.. iD

it would be deducible f¡om i" aod Iheir oecelfary eon–

peétion wi,h i, be koowo; as all ,he propenie. of a

lrianglt

deper,d

00,

,od are dedllcible (rom Ihe comple"

it/(Q

Ihru

¡in(1

incluáing a

!pac( :

BUl

is certain,

that in our complex

id~.1~

o( fubfiances art

not

contained

fueh

¡d<al

which all o,her q ualilies ,hal are 'o be

fou.od

io ,hem d<peod.

Sr""d/y.

T hofe Iha, take Ih<ir

ideal

of fubfl, nce.

froro lheir fenfible qttafitie., eanDOI form adequale

¡d.al

of Ih<m: Secau fe Ih eir qualilie.

a.od

powers are fo

Ya.

rious,

th at

no mit o's coml'lex

i¿(a

eilO

coouio

thelD'

all .

M ofl of our fill1ple

ideol,

wbereof our comple" ooe. of

fuúflances do eoofin, are powers, _whieh bt iog rela,ioD'

to other fubfl.!.oces , we canoot be fure we know all the

powers, (111

have tried what change. they art

fined

to givc and receive from other

fubC1:ances ·in

thc.ir

feveral

ways of applica,ioo ; whíeh boiog

001

pollible

be tried

upon one body, much lefs upoo al l, i, is iOlpoffible we

Ihould ·have . dequa..

ide41

of aoy {ubflaoee maueof a col·

leétion of al1 its properties.

Oftrlle and fa/fo id,al.

T RUTH aod

fa1fc600d.

io propri«y

fpeceh, beloog

ooly to

prop~(jtions;

and

whcn

id(al

are

termed

Iru(

falfo,

lht re

is fome fecret or tacit'" prop.ofition\whicnis the

f9undltioo of

lhac

deifomioation. Our

i¿(al

being

n.othing

but

app(tJralluJ

p~rC(plionlin

the mind, can, in firiétnels

of f¡.cech,no more be

f.id

' o be Irue or falre, Ihan fiog!e

names of ,I)iogs cao be faid

be tlue or f.lfe_ :rhe

idea

C(nlour

has no more {alfehood in it when 11 appeafs in

our

minds,

thao tlle

name

C(nlaur

when

is prooouoced

or wri,

0 0

papero Fortrulh orfalrehood Iyiog always iD

(ome affirmation or negation. our

i¿(aJ

are not capable,

aoy

Ihem, of' being lalre, lill Ihe mind p. rres fOIT.e

judgmel.t

the01 .

that is,

affirms.or

deniu fomething

of Ihem: l o a

1IJetaphyJiral

feofe Ihey may be [aid

I,ue, ',hal is,

be reallyJueh as Ihey exjfl; Ihough in

thiogs called true, cven io' that fenre, there

p'erqaps a

fecret refereoce

to our

¡d(al,

looked upon as the

nan..

dards of ,hat <rulh; which amoun..

tnwl· / propo.

ji/ion.

When ,ho miod refers aoy of its

ideal

aoy ,hiog ex·

traneOI'! to it, they are then capabJe of being true or

f.lfe: becaufe in fueh,> refereoee. Ihe mind makes a taeit

fnppofilioo of Iheir cooformi,y

Ihar Ihiog ; which fup–

politíon , as it

true or fa lfe, (o the

id(ol

themfdves

come ro be deoomioa<ed . T his happens io Ihefe careo :

. •jI,

"Vl;eo Ihe mind fuppufes ilS

idta

conformable.-ro

Iha< in olher

Ol<OS

mind. , ealled by Ihe [Qme Dame, fueh

that

oC juj/iu,

virlu(,

&C".

. 2d/y.

When ,he miod ruppofes any

idta

eooforntable

to fome real exiHence. Thus, that of

Man

is true, that

Cmtaur

falfe; Ihe ooe haviog a eonfonoi,y to \Vhal has

reall yexifled. Ihe olher

0 01.

3d/y,

' V heo Ihe ntiod r.efers any. of i..

ideal

'o IhOl

real cooClitutioo aod

elfeoce.of

aoy thing whereoñ all its

properties depeod: and ,hus Ihe greateU part, if DO' al1

our

ideal oí fubj/anctl

are f. lfe .

As 'o Ihe

ftrj/,

whe'n \Ve j udge .of our

idt OI

by Iheir

cooform!,y ' o ,hofe. of o,her' meo, Ihey may be aoy .of

,hem falfe: bUI fimple

ideal

are leall liable

be fo mlf–

uken_ We feldom o

,ifl.ke

greco for blue, or biller for

fwee,; mueh lef. do . 'e eODfouod Ihe oames belDog!ng

difFereol feofes, aod eall a

col,.ur

by Ihe oame of a

tajle.

Compl<"

ideal

are much more

li.ol

(allhood io Ihi,

particular; and rhore of mixed modcs more than fubfian–

ces : becaufe in fuhf1 aoces. cht>ir fenlible qualities fl'rve.

for Ih. mefl parl,

diflí!,uullh Ihem c1ei rly ; bu, in

mixed modes we are

more

un}'ertain

ancJ we

OHI}'

caH that

j .>fllC(

whieh oughl lO be called by aDolher Dame.

T~e

reafoD