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ncé\:on or inconCiOencc

Wilh

otller limpie

id~aJ

\\ hore

Luioos of

¡QUII,

ir is an hard m:litter to teJl when

are

r oexill rnce ""ith thcm ","c would

¡nforOl

ourlel\fcs about. ¡he end of (ueh

dlCcovcrics.

T hey that are ignorant of

Thcfe

111~aJ

belng Jikcwirc, for the mon pare,

ftcond.J rJ a/gt'bra,

cannOl

imagine (he

wondc:rs

in this kind that

9"(1/itio .

whlch

eep'!nd

upon the

¡mm)

qua!iucs

are to be done

and what

{an her

improvcments

of thelr minute or

in'~ nCible

parts, or 00 (omething yet and helps advantagepus to other paru of knowledge

lhe

more remote: (ro01 our

comprchcnfion.

i1 is

impoffil>le

\Ve f;¡gacious

mind 'Of

man may yet

lind

out,

¡,

nOl eafy

lhould knuw

whlch h:4vC

nccdhry

union or incvnfiUency to

clcccrmine.

'"rhe

id~al

t¡uan/¡I.!

are

DOl

thoCe alone:

one u.,j,h itoother, {¡nce \Ve kno\V nOl the rOOI fro m whence th:lt are capable of demontlration and

kno\Vl~dge;

other.

lhey rpnor.. or lhc tizc, tigu re. and texcure of pans on and perh.•ps more ureful pu ts of conlempbtion, \Vould

which ,hey depend, ;\oel from which lhey rerult.

undoubtedly afford us cen ainty, ifvices , paffians, and do-

Herides this, thC' re

is no

di/cover:'1b1:

c"l/n~f1i'm

betweco mineering interen, did

nOl

opppfc or mcnace endcavours

I Oy

[er01Ida,y

qll~llty,

aod lhofe

prillJar.!

qUilJWCS that it lhis kind

de pcods

00 ,

\ Ve are fo fa r from knowing what figure,

Theidea

ofa

S uprmuDeing,

iofinite

power J good .

lil.c,

or motion produces (for intlrtn-.:e) a )'td/'YI.u

rO/(Jttr,

or nefs , and wiCdom, whofe workmanllllp wc are, and on

! l1.l·tellajle,

afhtlrp found,

thJ.t \Ve can by no me"ns whom we depend ; and the

id(a

ourfo'vu,

as under–

c:onccive how

anyji=e, figure,

""Iioll

C10

rofTib1y pro· Chnding rational,cre:ltures; would, ir duely confidered,

duce in us the

idea

of any

colour, lafie,

¡oulld

wh~t·

afTord ruch foundations of our

dul)' ,

and

ruIn of a{liol1.

foever ; and there is no cooccivable connel'hon belwecn as might place

mora/il}

among (he {ciences capable of

the one and the olher.

demonC1:ration, T he relatioos of othcr Olodes may cer-

Our knou ledge therefore of eoexiflenee re. ehes liule tainly be pereeived, as

ell a. thofe of number aod ex–

(anher

th~n (xperienc~,

Some {ew, indeed, of (he

pri-

tcnfion.

IVhere Ihere

no propull. /h4re h

injuf–

mnry

qu:allties have a necdr."y dependence :and vjCiblc coo-

tia,

propofition as ceflain as aay demonClratioQ iD

neéhon one wilh another; as

figu re

nccdran ly {uppofel

Euclid:

for the

idea

propulJ

being a right tO any

exte'!fiollJ rtt'dviflg or conllltunic'I!illg mo/ion hJ illlPu/ft

tbin g; and the

idea

illjujJict,

bein~

lhe ¡ovarion or

fUppOlcs

JolidilJ .

But qualiues coexillent tn aoy fub..

viol:uioo of {hal right ; it is evident, that there

¡dral

bcing

jeét,

witholtt Ihis depcndeoce and conneétion, cannot

cer~

thus ellablirhed. and tbefe names annexed to them. we

COlO

lainly be koo\Yn tO coexill any (arther than experience by

certainly know tbis proporidon to be true, as that a

our fcofes inforOls us . Thus , Ihollgh upon tri ..1wc fi od

IriaJ/gle

h.zl

/hru alJglel et¡ual lo l'tuo righl onu.

A–

goldyellow,

welgltty. mall••ble. t.fible, and 6xed, yet gain,

Nogov<rnmml allowJ IIhfolrl l<IibuIJ.

The

id<"

beeaufc none of thefe have any evident dept ndence or ne- of

g.vu

mRml

being the eflablilhment of foeiety upon

ceffary conneBien wit h che other, we cannoe certainly cen ain rules or 1aws \\Ihich require cooformiry to them,

k now that \Vhe,e any

four

of thefe are, the

ffth

will be anC! the

id<a

a6lolul< libu lJ

~ .ing

fo , aay ooe

Ihero alfo. how highl ), probAble foever it may be: BUI \Vhatever he pleaf .., we are as eap.ble ofb eing eer..iDof

rbe higheCl degree of

pr06nhili/y

aOlounts not tO

cer/ai,,·

the truth of chis propoCition, as of any

11IalhunalicAI.

IJ ;

without whieh there can be no \rue koo\Vled¡:e: F'or

'Vhat has given the adv.n..ge to the

id,aJ

f ualil"

this coexillence can be no runherknown, (han it is percei- and made them thougbt more capable

certainty aDd de–

Y~d;

and it canoot he perceived, but ei chef. in

parlicu-

monOration, is,

lar

fubjdls, by the obfervation of our fcnres, or, in

FirJl.

T hat they can be reprefe oted by feoGble marko

x eneral,

by the ncce(filry conneélion of the

ideal

th.:m· which have a nearer correrpondc:nce wilh them thlD aoy

felves.

words or found s.

lJiagraf/1J

dr...wn on paper are copies

incomparihilily,

repugnanc", lo

c"e.'(iJ1(11c~.

We o( lhe

ideal,

dnd not fiable

the uncertainty thar words

may kno-v ,ha, any fubj ea can hae of

e.eh

fOr! of

pri·

e.rry in their figni6eatioo : But \Ve have nofenfible mark.

tnary

qualities bUl one panirular

a l

once, one extenfioo, chat refemble

OUT

moral ¡de " ,

and nothing but words to

one fi¡¡ure ; and fo of fenfible

id aJ,

peculiar to eaeh ex pref. them by; wbieh though wheo wriu eo they re–

renfe: fo, whatever of eaeh kind is pref<ot in any fub · main the fame, yet the

id'OJ

they fl and fo , may ehange

jefl,

excludes all other of ,hat fon; for ¡nfhoce, ane in the Came man i and ir is very fcldoOllbat they are not

rubjca eaonot have

Iw o

1111<111

Iwo colourJ

at the fame different in difft,cOl perfon•.

time.

S"Dlldlj,

M oral id,aJ

are eommonly more eomplelC

A, to

pf>'Werl

lu6j1ar.cn

which

m~ke

a great pan than figures, ' Vhence theCe two

iocoovcnien~es

roll,ow:

of our inquiries about them, aod are no inconriderable

FirjJ,

rhat their names are or more uncertaln ligOlfica.

branch of Ollr knowledge ; our knowl<dge

to thefe !ion ; the preeife eolleaion of fimple

id<trl

.hey

fl~nd

for

r..ehe. Jiule fa rther than

,,:/,uimu;

bec.ufe they eoo· no' being fo eafily agreed on, and fo the fign that

ur. d

{in

in a texture and O1otion of P¡¡rtS whlch we cannot ror them in cOnlOlunicatioD alwaysJ and in thioking ofteo,

by any melnscome todifco\·er.

Ext~ri~l1u

is that which docs

DOI

Cleadily carry u·itbÜ tht {"Ole

itlra, Srcondly.

in this

PUt

we muO

dep~nd

00;

and

were tO be wilhed

1~he

mind COlonot e¡¡{ily retain thofe

pr~cire.:

combinó\tioDs

lhal

were more improved.

fa exaélly aod perfeétly as is

nececr.uy;

i.n the.: exaruioa-

As tO the Ihird

COrt,

the

agrun:en/ or li¡flgru rlu1/ o/

tion of the habitudes and correfpondeDclcS,

agr~emeDts

ellr ,Jellf in

nn.10'),~r r~/Jli()n,

this is lhe

largd~

lieldof or difa"re:ementsof fe ....er.u ofthem one with another, c·

koowled¡:e••nd il

h.rd

to determin.t how fM it may fpceiali

y "

here it is tO be judged off by long deduélions.

<"tend. Tbis par! dl pcnding

our fagaeity in /indiog and the illtervention of fevenl other eomplex

id,aJ,

\crmedi.nc

;'/(01

that may Olew tbc habil"Jdes 2nd re- (hew the a" reCment

diCagree:meot of t\Vo remate: ones.

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