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10._o there_o can_v be_v such_o a_o disposition_n in_o the_o brain_n of_o a_o embryo_n to_o work_v comparative_o that_o be_v to_o judge_n and_o discourse_n matter_n since_o we_o experience_n that_o we_o do_v this_o actual_o now_o in_o part_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o the_o brain_n or_o something_o that_o be_v near_o it_o or_o belong_v to_o it_o 11._o wherefore_o since_o this_o can_v be_v do_v without_o have_v those_o material_n in_o we_o of_o which_o compound_v or_o compare_v object_n we_o be_v to_o judge_n and_o discourse_n which_o we_o call_v simple_a apprehension_n or_o notion_n it_o follow_v that_o there_o must_v be_v such_o a_o disposition_n in_o some_o bodily_a part_n as_o to_o convey_v into_o the_o soul_n such_o notion_n 12._o wherefore_o since_o body_n in_o their_o whole_a quantity_n or_o bulk_n can_v be_v convey_v by_o the_o sense_n into_o the_o brain_n part._n the_o author_n of_o nature_n have_v order_v that_o all_o body_n upon_o the_o least_o motion_n of_o natural_a cause_n internal_a or_o external_n which_o be_v never_o want_v shall_v send_v out_o effluvium_n or_o most_o minute_n and_o imperceptible_a particle_n which_o may_v pass_v through_o the_o pore_n of_o those_o pervious_a organ_n call_v the_o sense_n and_o so_o be_v carry_v to_o the_o brain_n 13._o this_o natural_a compound_v call_v man_n be_v true_o one_o thing_n and_o not_o aggregated_a of_o more_o thing_n actual_o corporeo-spiritual_a distinct_a since_o the_o form_n call_v the_o soul_n do_v though_o not_o so_o natural_o yet_o as_o necessary_o follow_v out_o of_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o matter_n take_v it_o as_o second_v and_o its_o exigency_n and_o deficiency_n supply_v by_o the_o first_o cause_n as_o the_o form_n of_o fire_n or_o of_o any_o other_o body_n in_o nature_n do_v out_o of_o the_o
any_o sensible_a quality_n in_o it_o be_v a_o jot_n the_o better_a or_o any_o way_n alter_v by_o be_v perceive_v or_o know_v any_o more_o than_o a_o cart_n roll_v through_o the_o street_n be_v the_o better_a or_o otherwise_o than_o it_o have_v be_v because_o the_o effluvium_n it_o send_v out_o do_v make_v a_o representation_n of_o it_o in_o a_o shop_n full_a of_o looking-glass_n as_o it_o pass_v by_o whence_o logician_n say_v that_o there_o be_v no_o real_a relation_n of_o the_o object_n to_o the_o sense_n or_o intellect_n because_o there_o be_v no_o real_a ground_n for_o such_o a_o relation_n nor_o any_o dependence_n of_o the_o object_n on_o those_o power_n in_o any_o kind_n 11._o as_o be_v show_v in_o my_o method_n reflection_n five_o on_o the_o ten_o chapter_n pass_v over_o this_o nine_o chapter_n about_o perception_n i_o confess_v myself_o at_o a_o great_a loss_n how_o to_o understand_v divers_a passage_n in_o his_o ten_o which_o treat_v of_o retention_n remain_v or_o how_o to_o make_v he_o coherent_a with_o himself_o for_o first_o he_o tell_v we_o our_o idea_n be_v nothing_o but_o actual_a perception_n of_o the_o mind_n by_o which_o word_n he_o seem_v to_o make_v no_o kind_n of_o distinction_n between_o the_o act_n of_o perception_n and_o the_o object_n of_o it_o whereas_o the_o act_n be_v the_o exercise_n of_o our_o power_n of_o perceive_v actuate_v by_o the_o object_n about_o which_o it_o be_v then_o employ_v which_o object_n determin_n the_o indifferency_n of_o the_o power_n to_o this_o or_o that_o act_n in_o particular_a which_o the_o school_n call_v specify_v the_o act_n but_o the_o object_n be_v the_o thing_n know_v by_o the_o act_n and_o it_o be_v a_o strange_a paradox_n to_o say_v that_o the_o act_n of_o knowledge_n and_o the_o object_n or_o thing_n know_v be_v the_o same_o especial_o if_o the_o thing_n know_v by_o something_o without_o we_o next_o i_o can_v reconcile_v his_o make_v our_o idea_n to_o be_v nothing_o but_o actual_a perception_n with_o his_o make_v our_o idea_n quite_o through_o his_o book_n to_o be_v the_o object_n of_o our_o thought_n and_o express_o state_v they_o to_o be_v such_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o it_o chap._n 1._o §_o 8._o second_o he_o say_v that_o those_o idea_n cease_v to_o be_v any_o thing_n when_o there_o be_v no_o perception_n of_o they_o if_o so_o why_o do_v he_o put_v we_o to_o have_v memory_n or_o retention_n if_o after_o the_o act_n be_v past_a there_o be_v nothing_o to_o keep_v in_o memory_n or_o retain_v three_o in_o consequence_n idea_n of_o this_o his_o ground_n he_o affirm_v that_o this_o lay_v up_o idea_n in_o the_o repository_n of_o his_o memory_n signify_v no_o more_o but_o that_o the_o mind_n have_v in_o many_o case_n a_o power_n to_o revive_v perception_n with_o a_o connotate_n annex_v of_o have_v have_v they_o before_o certain_o this_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n memory_n be_v peculiar_a to_o himself_o and_o contrary_a to_o the_o sentiment_n of_o all_o mankind_n who_o be_v they_o examine_v by_o the_o poll_n will_v i_o believe_v unanimous_o declare_v that_o by_o lay_v up_o a_o thing_n in_o memory_n they_o mean_v as_o the_o word_n natural_o import_v the_o retain_v something_o which_o have_v its_o be_v yet_o within_o we_o and_o may_v be_v bring_v into_o play_n again_o upon_o occasion_n can_v the_o memory_n be_v say_v to_o retain_v what_o be_v not_o or_o can_v there_o be_v a_o repository_n of_o nothing_o be_v revive_v the_o notion_n of_o retain_v they_o be_v rather_o of_o a_o contrary_a sense_n to_o one_o another_o or_o can_n remember_v be_v conceive_v to_o be_v the_o same_o notion_n with_o reproduction_n these_o seem_v to_o i_o such_o monstrous_a abuse_n of_o word_n that_o i_o will_v willing_o think_v myself_o mistake_v rather_o than_o to_o father_n they_o on_o so_o learned_a a_o author_n do_v not_o my_o eye_n assure_v i_o i_o do_v not_o dream_v or_o oversee_v nor_o can_v the_o same_o individual_a act_n ever_o be_v revive_v it_o depend_v on_o many_o circumstance_n determinable_a to_o such_o a_o time_n or_o place_n the_o former_a of_o which_o can_v never_o recur_v or_o be_v reproduced_a last_o what_o mean_v this_o power_n in_o the_o perception_n mind_n to_o revive_v perception_n the_o man_n indeed_o have_v a_o power_n when_o re-excited_n by_o outward_a object_n like_o the_o former_a or_o by_o passion_n disease_n or_o by_o some_o other_o casual_a circumstance_n to_o rummage_v the_o idea_n lodge_v in_o the_o brain_n and_o so_o by_o their_o new_a impression_n on_o the_o seat_n of_o knowledge_n to_o cause_v such_o a_o act_n as_o by_o it_o to_o know_v the_o same_o thing_n again_o as_o also_o to_o know_v it_o be_v foreknow_v as_o be_v explicate_v 28._o above_o but_o to_o put_v the_o soul_n to_o revive_v idea_n or_o even_o to_o act_v so_o that_o the_o action_n shall_v begin_v from_o her_o peculiar_a nature_n be_v preternatural_a to_o her_o condition_n to_o her_o manner_n of_o exist_v and_o consequent_o to_o her_o manner_n of_o operate_n here_o which_o as_o it_o must_v be_v ever_o with_o the_o bodily_a part_n or_o the_o fancy_n so_o it_o must_v begin_v still_o from_o it_o as_o it_o do_v at_o first_o with_o this_o only_a difference_n that_o in_o the_o first_o impression_n make_v on_o the_o sense_n and_o thence_o on_o the_o seat_n of_o knowledge_n the_o man_n and_o particular_o as_o to_o his_o soul_n be_v perfect_o passive_a whereas_o afterward_o by_o virtue_n of_o those_o phantasm_n and_o their_o former_a impression_n which_o have_v already_o affect_v the_o say_a seat_n of_o knowledge_n which_o be_v part_n of_o himself_o and_o have_v be_v reaffected_n by_o it_o the_o man_n be_v partly_o passive_a partly_o active_a in_o remember_v as_o mr._n locke_n do_v i_o think_v also_o acknowledge_v though_o he_o explicate_v it_o otherwise_o than_o i_o do_v viz._n by_o the_o mind_n setting_z itself_o on_o work_n which_o i_o judge_v and_o have_v show_v to_o be_v impossible_a prelimin_n 4._o §_o 25_o 26_o 27._o 2._o i_o must_v not_o omit_v here_o to_o remark_n that_o when_o mr._n locke_n say_v that_o idea_n fade_v in_o the_o memory_n or_o as_o he_o ingenious_o soul_n express_v it_o that_o the_o picture_n draw_v in_o our_o mind_n be_v lay_v in_o fade_a colour_n he_o most_o evident_o discover_v that_o by_o idea_n here_o he_o mean_v material_a representation_n or_o phantasm_n and_o not_o those_o spiritual_a object_n of_o our_o understanding_n notion_n for_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o phantasm_n they_o be_v only_o imperceptible_a particle_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o the_o corporeal_a agent_n whence_o they_o be_v send_v do_v follow_v and_o that_o very_o easy_o the_o fate_n of_o their_o original_n and_o be_v liable_a to_o be_v deface_v alter_v or_o corrupt_v as_o these_o be_v whereas_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o idea_n or_o notion_n which_o have_v a_o spiritual_a be_v in_o our_o mind_n shall_v be_v liable_a to_o any_o such_o decay_n corruption_n or_o mutation_n if_o any_o thing_n can_v prejudice_v destroy_v or_o efface_v they_o it_o must_v in_o all_o reason_n be_v think_v that_o their_o contrary_n will_v do_v it_o whereas_o clear_a reflection_n tell_v we_o that_o contrary_n in_o the_o mind_n be_v so_o far_o from_o expel_v blur_v or_o alter_a one_o another_o there_o that_o they_o not_o only_o very_o friendly_o dwell_v together_o but_o moreover_o that_o by_o their_o co-habitation_n there_o they_o make_v one_o another_o magis_fw-la elucescere_fw-la and_o establish_v one_o another_o nature_n hot_a and_o cold_a moist_a and_o dry_a which_o be_v perpetual_o fight_v and_o make_v such_o bustle_v and_o turmoil_v in_o the_o material_a world_n be_v very_o consistent_a and_o agree_v amicable_o in_o the_o soul_n the_o corporeal_a instrument_n which_o bring_v our_o notion_n thither_o may_v perish_v but_o when_o they_o be_v once_o in_o she_o they_o be_v as_o immutable_a and_o immortal_a as_o herself_o so_o that_o the_o picture_n in_o our_o mind_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v draw_v in_o fade_a colour_n that_o they_o shall_v rather_o be_v say_v if_o we_o will_v use_v a_o metaphor_n to_o express_v their_o durableness_n to_o be_v engrave_v in_o brass_n marble_n or_o adamant_n be_v as_o last_v as_o eternity_n which_o tenet_n be_v i_o write_v metaphysic_n i_o shall_v not_o doubt_v but_o to_o demonstrate_v and_o withal_o to_o show_v how_o useful_a it_o be_v to_o explicate_v christian_a faith_n particular_o those_o point_n of_o lay_v open_o the_o book_n of_o conscience_n at_o the_o last_o day_n when_o as_o the_o sibyl_n sing_v cunctaque_fw-la cunctorum_fw-la cunctis_fw-la arcana_fw-la patebunt_fw-la and_o how_o infant_n be_v connatural_o save_v by_o virtue_n of_o baptism_n reflection_n six_o on_o the_o eleven_o and_o twelve_o chapter_n 1._o the_o 11_o chapter_n give_v i_o no_o occasion_n to_o make_v any_o reflection_n but_o only_o
of_o endless_a misery_n it_o be_v also_o true_a that_o we_o be_v conscious_a here_o of_o any_o perceptible_a good_a or_o harm_n that_o happen_v to_o our_o person_n because_o we_o can_v but_o reflect_v on_o what_o concern_v any_o part_n of_o our_o individuum_fw-la which_o be_v our_o self_n which_o yet_o be_v so_o far_o from_o prove_v that_o our_o personality_n consist_v in_o this_o consciousness_n that_o it_o prove_v the_o direct_a contrary_n for_o it_o show_v that_o our_o person_n or_o individual_a self_n affect_v thus_o agreeable_o or_o disagreeable_o be_v the_o object_n of_o that_o consciousness_n and_o object_n must_v be_v antecedent_n and_o pre-supposed_n to_o the_o act_n which_o be_v employ_v about_o they_o because_o the_o object_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o those_o acts._n nor_n be_v there_o any_o far_a mystery_n in_o the_o word_n self_n for_o it_o mean_v no_o more_o but_o our_o own_o same_o intelligent_a individuum_fw-la with_o which_o we_o be_v well_o acquaint_v partly_o by_o direct_a partly_o by_o reflex_n knowledge_n 14._o it_o look_v so_o very_o odd_o to_o say_v that_o one_o of_o our_o own_o act_n shall_v constitute_v our_o own_o particular_a essence_n themselves_o which_o it_o must_v do_v if_o our_o personal_a identity_n consist_v in_o our_o consciousness_n that_o i_o be_o apt_a to_o think_v that_o mr._n locke'_v great_a wit_n aim_v at_o some_o other_o truth_n though_o he_o hap_v to_o misapply_v it_o i_o can_v but_o guess_v at_o it_o and_o perhaps_o it_o be_v this_o it_o be_v without_o doubt_n true_a that_o the_o essence_n of_o subsistent_a spiritual_a nature_n which_o as_o have_v no_o manner_n of_o potentiality_n in_o they_o be_v pure_a act_n i_o mean_v angel_n consist_v in_o actual_a knowledge_n which_o act_n be_v first_o of_o themselves_o and_o if_o so_o why_o may_v not_o this_o act_n of_o the_o soul_n call_v consciousness_n employ_v about_o herself_o or_o her_o own_o action_n constitute_v the_o soul_n or_o the_o man_n personality_n but_o the_o difference_n lie_v here_o that_o those_o pure_a spirit_n have_v no_o matter_n or_o potentiality_n in_o they_o annex_v to_o much_o less_o identify_v with_o their_o nature_n their_o essence_n be_v formal_o constitute_v by_o their_o be_v in_o act_n according_a to_o their_o nature_n that_o be_v by_o be_v actual_o know_v whereas_o the_o soul_n in_o this_o state_n be_v immerse_v in_o matter_n and_o identify_v or_o make_v one_o thing_n with_o her_o bodily_a compart_n and_o need_v to_o use_v it_o as_o she_o conjoin_v instrument_n as_o it_o be_v to_o attain_v knowledge_n be_v therefore_o in_o a_o state_n of_o potentiality_n whence_o she_o have_v no_o innate_a notion_n much_o less_o principle_n but_o be_v mere_o passive_a in_o acquire_v those_o first_o rudiment_n of_o knowledge_n however_o after_o she_o be_v thus_o pre-informed_a she_o or_o rather_o the_o man_n according_a to_o his_o spiritual_a part_n be_v in_o part_n active_a when_o he_o improve_v those_o knowledge_n or_o ripen_v they_o to_o perfection_n by_o his_o reflection_n and_o reason_n as_o both_o of_o we_o hold_v 15._o i_o see_v no_o necessity_n of_o make_v any_o far_a remark_n upon_o this_o chapter_n after_o i_o have_v note_v some_o other_o ill-laid_a matter_n and_o wrong_o suppose_a ground_n which_o occasion_v his_o mistake_v as_o first_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o a_o man_n be_v indifferent_o alike_o to_o all_o matter_n whereas_o each_o soul_n not_o be_v a_o assistant_n but_o a_o inform_a form_n and_o withal_o be_v but_o the_o form_n of_o one_o particular_a and_o therefore_o fit_v as_o be_v late_o prove_v to_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o particular_a pre-existent_a embryo_n it_o can_v be_v receive_v in_o no_o matter_n but_o that_o which_o be_v individual_o determine_v in_o itself_o as_o to_o its_o animality_n and_o therefore_o it_o require_v a_o form_n distinct_a from_o all_o other_o or_o as_o the_o individual_a constitution_n of_o the_o embryo_n be_v second_o §_o 28._o he_o make_v account_n the_o specific_a 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