we_o good_a but_o as_o capable_a to_o enjoy_v together_o with_o we_o the_o true_a good_n these_o truth_n seem_v evident_a to_o i_o but_o man_n strange_o obscure_v they_o by_o suppose_v that_o the_o surround_v body_n can_v act_n on_o we_o as_o true_a cause_n indeed_o most_o christian_a philosopher_n acknowledge_v that_o the_o creature_n can_v do_v nothing_o unless_o god_n concur_v to_o their_o action_n and_o that_o so_o sensible_a object_n be_v unable_a to_o act_n on_o we_o without_o the_o efficacy_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n must_v not_o be_v love_v or_o fear_v by_o we_o but_o god_n only_o on_o who_o they_o depend_v which_o explication_n make_v it_o manifest_a that_o they_o condemn_v the_o consequence_n which_o i_o have_v now_o deduce_v from_o the_o principle_n they_o receive_v but_o if_o in_o imitation_n of_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ville_n conduct_n i_o shall_v say_v it_o be_v a_o slight_a and_o subterfuge_n of_o the_o philosopher_n to_o cloak_n their_o impiety_n if_o i_o shall_v urge_v they_o with_o the_o crime_n of_o support_v aristotle_n opinion_n and_o the_o prejudices_fw-la of_o sense_n at_o the_o expense_n of_o their_o religion_n if_o pierce_v too_o into_o the_o inmost_a recess_n of_o their_o heart_n i_o shall_v impute_v to_o they_o the_o secret_a desire_n of_o debauch_v man_n moral_n by_o the_o defence_n of_o a_o principle_n which_o serve_v to_o justify_v all_o sort_n of_o disorder_n and_o which_o by_o the_o consequence_n i_o have_v draw_v from_o it_o overthrow_v the_o first_o principle_n of_o christian_a morality_n shall_v i_o be_v think_v in_o my_o sense_n whilst_o i_o go_v to_o condemn_v most_o man_n as_o impious_a upon_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o inference_n i_o have_v deduce_v from_o their_o premise_n mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ville_fw-fr will_v no_o doubt_n pretend_v that_o my_o consequence_n be_v not_o right_o infer_v but_o i_o pretend_v the_o same_o of_o he_o and_o to_o ruin_v they_o all_o i_o need_v but_o explicate_v some_o equivocal_a term_n which_o i_o shall_v sometime_o do_v if_o i_o find_v it_o necessary_a but_o how_o will_v mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ville_fw-fr justify_v the_o common_a opinion_n of_o the_o efficacy_n of_o second_o cause_n and_o by_o what_o sort_n of_o concourse_n will_v he_o ascribe_v to_o god_n all_o that_o be_v due_a to_o he_o will_v he_o make_v it_o clear_o appear_v that_o one_o individual_a action_n be_v all_o of_o god_n and_o all_o of_o the_o creature_n will_v he_o demonstrate_v that_o the_o power_n of_o the_o creature_n be_v not_o useless_a though_o without_o its_o efficacy_n the_o sole_a action_n of_o god_n will_v produce_v the_o same_o effect_n will_v he_o prove_v that_o mind_n neither_o aught_o to_o love_n nor_o fear_n body_n though_o the_o latter_a have_v a_o true_a power_n of_o act_v on_o the_o former_a and_o will_v he_o make_v multitude_n of_o convert_v hereupon_o among_o those_o who_o mind_n and_o heart_n be_v take_v up_o with_o sensible_a object_n from_o a_o confuse_a judgement_n they_o make_v that_o these_o object_n be_v capable_a of_o make_v they_o happy_a or_o miserable_a let_v he_o confess_v then_o that_o if_o we_o may_v treat_v as_o heretic_n and_o profane_a person_n all_o that_o hold_v principle_n from_o which_o heretical_a and_o impious_a consequence_n may_v be_v draw_v no_o man_n what_o ever_o can_v secure_v his_o faith_n from_o be_v suspect_v argument_n iii_o the_o consequence_n of_o the_o principle_n propose_v by_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ville_fw-fr as_o a_o point_n of_o faith_n viz._n that_o the_o essence_n of_o body_n consist_v not_o in_o extension_n this_o negative_a principle_n overthrow_v the_o only_a demonstrative_a and_o direct_a proof_n we_o have_v of_o the_o soul_n be_v be_v a_o distinct_a substance_n from_o the_o body_n and_o consequent_o of_o her_o immortality_n when_o this_o truth_n be_v receive_v which_o i_o presume_v with_o many_o other_o person_n to_o have_v demonstrate_v which_o monsieur_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ville_fw-fr impugn_v as_o contrary_a to_o the_o decision_n of_o the_o church_n viz._n that_o the_o essence_n of_o matter_n consist_v in_o extension_n in_o length_n breadth_n and_o thickness_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o comprehend_v that_o the_o soul_n or_o that_o which_o be_v capable_a of_o thought_n be_v a_o distinct_a substance_n from_o the_o body_n for_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o extension_n whatever_o division_n and_o motion_n be_v conceive_v in_o it_o can_v never_o arrive_v to_o reason_n will_n or_o sense_n wherefore_o that_o think_a thing_n which_o be_v in_o we_o be_v necessary_o a_o substance_n distinct_a from_o our_o body_n intellectual_a notice_n volition_n and_o actual_a sensation_n be_v actual_o modes_n of_o some_o substance_n existence_n but_o all_o the_o division_n incidental_a to_o extension_n can_v produce_v nothing_o but_o figure_n nor_o all_o its_o various_a motion_n any_o thing_n but_o relation_n of_o distance_n therefore_o extension_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o other_o modification_n therefore_o our_o thought_n desire_n sensation_n of_o pleasure_n and_o pain_n be_v modes_n of_o a_o substance_n existence_n which_o be_v not_o a_o body_n therefore_o the_o soul_n be_v distinct_a from_o the_o body_n which_o be_v concede_v we_o thus_o demonstrate_v her_o immortality_n no_o substance_n can_v be_v annihilate_v by_o the_o ordinary_a strength_n of_o nature_n for_o as_o nature_n can_v produce_v something_o out_o of_o nothing_o so_o she_o can_v reduce_v something_o into_o nothing_o modification_n of_o being_n may_v be_v annihilate_v rotundity_n of_o a_o body_n may_v be_v destroy_v for_o that_o which_o be_v round_o may_v become_v square_a but_o this_o roundness_n be_v not_o a_o be_v a_o thing_n a_o substance_n but_o only_o a_o relation_n of_o equality_n of_o distance_n between_o the_o terminate_a part_n of_o the_o body_n and_o that_o which_o be_v in_o the_o centre_n which_o relation_n change_v the_o roundness_n be_v destroy_v but_o the_o substance_n can_v be_v reduce_v to_o nothing_o now_o for_o the_o forementioned_a reason_n the_o soul_n be_v not_o a_o mode_n of_o a_o body_n exist_v therefore_o she_o be_v immortal_a and_o though_o the_o body_n be_v dissolve_v into_o a_o thousand_o part_n of_o a_o different_a nature_n and_o the_o structure_n of_o its_o organ_n break_v to_o piece_n since_o the_o soul_n consist_v not_o in_o that_o structure_n nor_o in_o any_o other_o modification_n of_o matter_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o dissolution_n and_o even_o the_o annihilation_n of_o the_o substance_n of_o a_o humane_a body_n be_v that_o annihilation_n true_a can_v not_o annihilate_v the_o substance_n of_o our_o soul_n let_v we_o add_v to_o this_o another_o proof_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n ground_v upon_o the_o same_o principle_n though_o the_o body_n can_v be_v reduce_v to_o nothing_o because_o it_o be_v a_o substance_n it_o may_v notwithstanding_o die_v and_o all_o its_o part_n may_v be_v dissolve_v because_o extension_n be_v divisible_a but_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o substance_n distinct_a from_o extension_n can_v be_v divide_v for_o we_o can_v divide_v a_o thought_n a_o desire_n a_o sensation_n of_o pain_n or_o pleasure_n as_o we_o may_v divide_v a_o square_a into_o two_o or_o four_o triangle_n therefore_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v indissoluble_a incorruptible_a and_o consequent_o immortal_a because_o unextend_v but_o if_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ville_fw-fr suppose_v that_o the_o essence_n of_o body_n consist_v in_o something_o beside_o extension_n how_o will_v he_o convince_v the_o libertine_n that_o she_o be_v neither_o material_a nor_o mortal_a they_o will_v maintain_v that_o something_o wherein_o the_o essence_n of_o body_n consist_v be_v capable_a of_o think_v and_o that_o the_o substance_n which_o think_v be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o which_o be_v extend_v if_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ville_fw-fr deny_v it_o they_o will_v show_v that_o he_o do_v it_o without_o reason_n since_o according_a to_o his_o principle_n body_n be_v something_o else_o than_o extension_n he_o have_v no_o distinct_a idea_n of_o what_o that_o can_v be_v and_o consequent_o can_v tell_v but_o that_o unknown_a thing_n may_v be_v capable_a of_o thought_n do_v he_o think_v to_o convince_v they_o by_o say_v as_o he_o do_v in_o his_o book_n that_o the_o essence_n of_o body_n be_v to_o have_v part_n without_o extension_n certain_o they_o will_v not_o take_v his_o word_n for_o it_o for_o find_v it_o as_o hard_a to_o conceive_v part_n without_o extension_n as_o indivisible_a atom_n or_o circle_n without_o two_o semicircle_n they_o must_v have_v more_o deference_n for_o he_o than_o he_o have_v for_o god_n himself_o for_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ville_fw-fr in_o the_o last_o part_n of_o his_o book_n pretend_v that_o god_n himself_o can_v oblige_v we_o to_o belive_o contradictory_n thing_n such_o as_o be_v the_o part_n of_o a_o body_n without_o any_o actual_a extension_n but_o the_o libertine_n on_o their_o part_n will_v
include_v two_o faculty_n a_o active_a and_o a_o passive_a 3._o a_o general_a cause_n of_o the_o change_n which_o happen_v in_o the_o imagination_n of_o man_n and_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o second_o book_n 45_o chap._n ii_o 1_o of_o the_o animal_n spirit_n and_o the_o change_n they_o be_v subject_a to_o in_o general_n 2._o that_o the_o chyle_n enter_v the_o heart_n occasion_n a_o change_n in_o the_o spirit_n 3._o that_o wine_n do_v the_o same_o thing_n 47_o chap._n iii_o that_o the_o air_n employ_v in_o respiration_n cause_v some_o change_n in_o the_o animal_n spirit_n 48_o chap._n iu_o 1._o of_o the_o change_n of_o the_o spirit_n cause_v by_o the_o nerve_n which_o go_v to_o the_o heart_n and_o lung_n 2._o of_o that_o which_o be_v cause_v by_o the_o nerve_n which_o go_v to_o the_o liver_n to_o the_o spleen_n and_o viscera_n 3._o that_o all_o that_o be_v perform_v without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o our_o will_n but_o yet_o it_o can_v be_v do_v without_o a_o providence_n 49_o chap._n v._o 1._o of_o memory_n 2._o of_o habit_n 51_o chap._n vi_o 1._o that_o the_o fibre_n of_o the_o brain_n be_v not_o subject_a to_o so_o sudden_a change_n as_o the_o spirit_n 2._o three_o different_a change_n incident_a to_o the_o three_o different_a age_n 53_o chap._n vii_o 1._o of_o the_o communication_n there_o be_v between_o the_o brain_n of_o a_o mother_n and_o that_o of_o her_o infant_n 2._o of_o the_o communication_n that_o be_v between_o our_o brain_n and_o the_o other_o part_n of_o our_o body_n which_o incline_v we_o to_o imitation_n and_o to_o compassion_n 3._o a_o explication_n of_o the_o generation_n of_o monstrous_a child_n and_o the_o propagation_n of_o the_o species_n 4._o a_o explication_n of_o some_o irregularity_n of_o the_o understanding_n and_o of_o some_o inclination_n of_o the_o will._n 5._o concern_v concupiscence_n and_o original_a sin_n 6._o objection_n and_o answer_n 54_o chap._n viii_o 1._o the_o change_n which_o happen_v in_o the_o imagination_n of_o a_o infant_n after_o his_o birth_n by_o his_o accompany_v with_o his_o mother_n his_o nurse_n and_o other_o person_n 2._o some_o instruction_n for_o their_o good_a education_n 61_o the_o second_o part._n chap._n i._n 1._o of_o the_o imagination_n of_o woman_n 2._o of_o the_o imagination_n of_o men._n 3._o of_o the_o imagination_n of_o old_a man_n 64_o chap._n ii_o that_o the_o animal_n spirit_n general_o run_v in_o the_o track_n of_o idea_n that_o be_v most_o familiar_a to_o we_o which_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o our_o preposterous_a judgement_n 66_o chap._n iii_o of_o the_o mutual_a connexion_n between_o the_o idea_n and_o the_o trace_n of_o the_o brain_n and_o of_o the_o mutual_a connexion_n there_o be_v between_o trace_n and_o trace_n idea_n and_o idea_n 68_o chap._n iu_o 1._o that_o man_n of_o learning_n be_v the_o most_o subject_a to_o error_n 2._o the_o cause_n why_o man_n have_v rather_o be_v guide_v by_o authority_n than_o make_v use_v of_o their_o own_o reason_n 71_o chap._n v._o two_o pernicious_a effect_n read_v have_v upon_o the_o imagination_n 72_o chap._n vi_o that_o man_n of_o learn_v general_o be_v so_o opinionate_a with_o a_o author_n that_o their_o principal_a drift_n be_v the_o know_v what_o he_o hold_v without_o care_v to_o know_v what_o ought_v to_o be_v hold_v 74_o chap._n vii_o of_o the_o prepossession_n of_o commentator_n 76_o chap._n viii_o 1._o of_o the_o inventor_n of_o new_a system_n 2._o the_o last_o error_n of_o man_n of_o learn_v 79_o chap._n ix_o 1._o of_o effeminate_a mind_n 2._o of_o superficial_a mind_n 3._o of_o man_n of_o authority_n 4._o of_o the_o experimental_a philosopher_n 81_o the_o three_o part._n chap_n i._o of_o the_o disposition_n we_o have_v to_o imitate_v other_o in_o all_o thing_n which_o be_v the_o original_a of_o the_o communication_n of_o those_o error_n that_o depend_v on_o the_o power_n of_o imagination_n 2._o two_o thing_n that_o more_o especial_o increase_v this_o disposition_n 3._o what_o that_o strong_a imagination_n be_v 4._o that_o there_o be_v several_a kind_n of_o it_o of_o fool_n and_o of_o those_o that_o have_v a_o strong_a imagination_n in_o the_o sense_n it_o be_v here_o take_v 5._o two_o considerable_a imperfection_n of_o man_n of_o a_o strong_a imagination_n 6._o of_o the_o power_n they_o have_v to_o persuade_v and_o impose_v on_o other_o 84_o chap._n ii_o general_n instance_n of_o the_o strength_n of_o imagination_n 87_o chap._n iii_o 1._o of_o the_o force_n of_o some_o author_n imagination_n 2._o of_o tertullian_n 90_o chap._n iv_o of_o the_o imagination_n of_o seneca_n 91_o chap._n v._o of_o montagne_n book_n 95_o chap._n vi_o 1._o of_o witch_n in_o imagination_n and_o of_o wolf-man_n 2._o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o two_o first_o book_n 99_o book_n the_o three_o chap._n i._n 1._o thought_n be_v only_o essential_a to_o the_o mind_n sensation_n and_o imagination_n be_v only_o the_o modification_n of_o it_o 2._o we_o know_v not_o all_o the_o modification_n our_o soul_n be_v capable_a of_o 3._o they_o be_v different_a from_o our_o knowledge_n and_o our_o love_n nor_o be_v they_o always_o consequence_n of_o they_o 101_o chap._n ii_o 1._o the_o mind_n be_v limit_v can_v comprehend_v any_o thing_n of_o a_o infinite_a nature_n 2._o it_o be_v limitation_n be_v the_o origine_fw-la of_o a_o great_a many_o error_n 3._o and_o especial_o of_o heresy_n 4._o the_o mind_n must_v be_v submit_v unto_o faith_n 105_o chap._n iii_o 1._o the_o philosopher_n dissipate_v or_o dissolve_v the_o force_n of_o the_o mind_n by_o apply_v it_o to_o the_o subject_n include_v too_o many_o relation_n and_o depend_v on_o too_o many_o thing_n and_o by_o observe_v no_o method_n in_o their_o study_n 2._o a_o instance_n take_v from_o aristotle_n 3._o that_o geometrician_n on_o the_o contrary_n take_v a_o good_a method_n in_o the_o search_n of_o truth_n especial_o those_o who_o make_v use_v of_o algebra_n and_o analytic_n 4._o that_o their_o method_n increase_v the_o strength_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o that_o aristotle_n logic_n lessen_v it_o 5._o another_o fault_n of_o learned_a man_n 107_o chap._n iu_o 1._o the_o mind_n can_v dwell_v long_o upon_o object_n that_o have_v no_o relation_n to_o it_o or_o that_o include_v not_o something_o of_o infinity_o in_o they_o 2._o the_o inconstancy_n of_o the_o will_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o want_n of_o application_n and_o consequent_o of_o error_n 3._o our_o sensation_n take_v we_o up_o more_o than_o the_o pure_a idea_n of_o the_o mind_n 4._o which_o be_v the_o source_n of_o the_o corruption_n of_o our_o moral_n 5._o and_o of_o the_o ignorance_n of_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n of_o man_n 109_o second_o part_n concern_v pure_a understanding_n chap._n i._n 1._o what_o be_v mean_v by_o idea_n that_o they_o real_o exist_v and_o be_v necessary_a to_o our_o perceive_v all_o material_a object_n 2._o a_o particularization_n of_o all_o the_o way_n possible_a for_o we_o to_o perceive_v external_a object_n 112_o chap._n ii_o that_o material_a object_n emit_v not_o species_n which_o resemble_v they_o 114_o chap._n iii_o that_o the_o soul_n have_v no_o power_n to_o produce_v idea_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o error_n man_n be_v guilty_a of_o upon_o this_o subject_a 115_o chap._n iv_o that_o we_o perceive_v not_o object_n by_o mean_n of_o idea_n create_v with_o we_o that_o god_n do_v not_o produce_v they_o in_o we_o every_o moment_n we_o have_v need_n of_o they_o 117_o chap._n v._o that_o the_o mind_n perceive_v neither_o the_o essence_n nor_o the_o existence_n of_o object_n by_o consider_v its_o own_o perfection_n that_o none_o but_o god_n see_v they_o in_o that_o manner_n 118_o chap._n vi_o that_o we_o see_v all_o thing_n in_o god_n 119_o chap._n vii_o 1._o four_o different_a manner_n of_o perception_n 2._o how_o it_o be_v that_o we_o know_v god_n 3._o how_o we_o know_v body_n 4._o how_o we_o know_v our_o own_o soul_n 5._o how_o we_o know_v the_o soul_n of_o other_o man_n and_o pure_a spirit_n 122_o chap._n viii_o 1._o the_o intimate_a presence_n of_o the_o indefinite_a idea_n of_o be_v in_o general_a be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o disorderly_a abstraction_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o chimaera_n of_o the_o vulgar_a philosophy_n which_o hinder_v many_o philosopher_n from_o acknowledge_v the_o solidity_n of_o true_a principle_n of_o physics_n 2._o a_o instance_n concern_v the_o essence_n of_o matter_n 124_o chap._n ix_o 1._o the_o last_o general_a cause_n of_o our_o error_n 2._o that_o the_o idea_n of_o thing_n be_v not_o always_o present_a to_o the_o mind_n when_o we_o will_v have_v they_o 3._o that_o every_o finite_a mind_n be_v subject_a to_o error_n and_o why_o 4._o that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o judge_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o body_n and_o spirit_n nor_o that_o god_n be_v a_o
will_v about_o they_o they_o have_v no_o relish_n of_o taste_n unless_o some_o change_n happen_v in_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o fibre_n of_o their_o tongue_n and_o brain_n in_o short_a the_o sensation_n have_v no_o manner_n of_o dependence_n upon_o the_o will_n of_o man_n and_o it_o be_v only_a he_o that_o create_v man_n that_o still_o preserve_v they_o in_o that_o mutual_a correspondence_n of_o the_o modification_n of_o their_o soul_n to_o those_o of_o their_o body_n so_o that_o if_o a_o man_n will_v have_v i_o represent_v to_o he_o heat_v or_o colour_n i_o can_v make_v use_n of_o word_n to_o do_v it_o but_o i_o must_v impress_v in_o the_o organ_n of_o his_o sense_n such_o motion_n as_o nature_n have_v affix_v these_o sensation_n to_o i_o must_v bring_v he_o to_o the_o fire_n and_o show_v he_o a_o piece_n of_o paint_v and_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o give_v man_n that_o be_v bear_v blind_a the_o least_o knowledge_n of_o that_o which_o we_o 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