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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 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idea_n if_o hold_v to_o will_v make_v clear_a the_o distinction_n of_o any_o thing_n into_o the_o same_o and_o diverse_a whereas_o our_o subject_n as_o i_o suppose_v be_v about_o individual_a identity_n and_o diversity_n how_o the_o hold_n to_o the_o specifical_a idea_n in_o which_o all_o the_o individuum_n under_o it_o do_v agree_v and_o which_o make_v they_o one_o in_o nature_n shall_v clear_v the_o distinction_n of_o individual_n be_v altogether_o inexplicable_a it_o must_v then_o be_v only_o the_o individual_a idea_n or_o notion_n as_o far_o as_o we_o can_v reach_v it_o to_o which_o there_o go_v more_o mode_n than_o to_o the_o specifical_a and_o its_o intrinsecal_n composition_n which_o can_v diversify_v thing_n real_o or_o make_v they_o to_o be_v real_o the_o same_o or_o divers_a however_o some_o outward_a circumstance_n can_v do_v it_o quoad_fw-la nos_fw-la i_o be_o not_o much_o surprise_v that_o mr._n locke_n lead_v by_o the_o common_a doctrine_n do_v think_v there_o be_v no_o 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