Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	evil_a	good_a	see_v	2,875	5	3.5208	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48871	An abridgment of Mr. Locke's Essay concerning humane [sic] understanding; Essay concerning human understanding	Locke, John, 1632-1704.; Wynne, John, 1667-1743.	1696 (1696)	Wing L2735; ESTC R23044	115,066	330

can_v never_o total_o represent_v to_o it_o which_o carry_v in_o it_o a_o plain_a contradiction_n this_o will_v be_v plain_o if_o we_o consider_v infinity_o in_o number_n the_o infinity_o of_o number_n to_o the_o end_n of_o who_o addition_n every_o one_o perceive_v there_o be_v no_o approach_n easy_o appear_v to_o any_o one_o that_o reflect_v on_o it_o but_o how_o clear_a soever_o this_o idea_n of_o the_o infinity_o of_o number_n be_v there_o be_v nothing_o yet_o more_o evident_a than_o the_o absurdity_n of_o the_o actual_a idea_n of_o infinite_a number_n chap._n xviii_o of_o other_o simple_a modes_n the_o mind_n have_v several_a distinct_a idea_n of_o slide_v rolling_n walk_v creep_v etc._n etc._n which_o be_v all_o but_o the_o different_a modification_n of_o motion_n swift_a and_o slow_n be_v two_o different_a idea_n of_o motion_n the_o measure_n whereof_o be_v make_v out_o of_o the_o distance_n of_o time_n and_o space_n put_v together_o the_o like_a variety_n we_o have_v in_o sound_n every_o articulate_a word_n be_v a_o different_a modification_n of_o sound_n as_o be_v also_o note_n of_o different_a length_n put_v together_o which_o make_v that_o complex_n idea_n call_v tune_n the_o modes_n of_o colour_n may_v be_v also_o very_o various_a some_o of_o which_o we_o take_v notice_n of_o as_o the_o different_a degree_n or_o as_o they_o be_v term_v shade_n of_o the_o same_o colour_n but_o since_o we_o seldom_o make_v assemblage_n of_o colour_n without_o take_v in_o figure_n also_o as_o in_o paint_v etc._n etc._n those_o which_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o do_v most_o common_o belong_v to_o mix_a modes_n as_o beauty_n rainbow_n etc._n etc._n all_o compound_v taste_n and_o smell_v be_v also_o modes_n make_v up_o of_o the_o simple_a idea_n of_o those_o sense_n but_o they_o be_v such_o as_o general_o we_o have_v no_o name_n for_o can_v be_v set_v down_o in_o writing_n but_o must_v be_v leave_v to_o the_o thought_n and_o experience_n of_o the_o reader_n chap._n xix_o of_o the_o modes_n of_o think_v when_o the_o mind_n turn_v its_o view_n inward_o upon_o its_o self_n think_v be_v the_o first_o idea_n that_o occur_v wherein_o it_o observe_v a_o great_a variety_n of_o modification_n and_o thereof_o frame_v to_o itself_o distinct_a idea_n thus_o the_o perception_n annex_v to_o any_o impression_n on_o the_o body_n make_v by_o a_o external_a object_n be_v call_v sensation_n when_o a_o idea_n recur_v without_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o object_n it_o be_v call_v remembrance_n when_o seek_v after_o by_o the_o mind_n and_o bring_v again_o in_o view_n it_o be_v recollection_n when_o hold_v there_o long_o under_o attentive_a consideration_n it_o be_v contemplation_n when_o idea_n float_v in_o the_o mind_n without_o regard_n or_o reflection_n it_o be_v call_v in_o french_a resvery_n our_o language_n have_v scarce_o a_o name_n for_o it_o when_o the_o idea_n be_v take_v notice_n of_o and_o as_o it_o be_v register_v in_o the_o memory_n it_o be_v attention_n when_o the_o mind_n fix_v its_o view_n on_o any_o one_o idea_n and_o consider_v it_o on_o all_o side_n it_o be_v intention_n and_o study_n sleep_v without_o dream_v be_v rest_n from_o all_o these_o and_o dream_v be_v the_o perception_n of_o idea_n in_o the_o mind_n not_o suggest_v by_o any_o external_a object_n or_o know_v occasion_n nor_o under_o any_o choice_n or_o conduct_n of_o the_o understanding_n of_o these_o various_a mode_n of_o think_v the_o mind_n form_n as_o distinct_a idea_n as_o it_o do_v of_o white_a and_o red_a a_o square_a or_o a_o circle_n chap._n xx._n of_o the_o modes_n of_o pleasure_n and_o pain_n pleasure_n and_o pain_n be_v simple_a idea_n which_o we_o receive_v both_o from_o sensation_n and_o reflection_n there_o be_v thought_n of_o the_o mind_n as_o well_o as_o sensation_n accompany_v with_o pleasure_n or_o pain_n their_o cause_n be_v term_v good_a or_o evil._n for_o thing_n be_v esteem_v good_a or_o evil_a only_a in_o reference_n to_o pleasure_n or_o pain_n that_o we_o call_v good_a which_o be_v apt_a to_o cause_n or_o increase_v pleasure_n or_o diminish_v pain_n in_o we_o to_o procure_v or_o preserve_v the_o possession_n of_o any_o good_a or_o absence_n of_o any_o evil_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_a that_o we_o call_v evil_a which_o be_v apt_a to_o produce_v or_o increase_v any_o pain_n or_o diminish_v any_o pleasure_n in_o we_o or_o else_o to_o procure_v we_o any_o evil_a or_o deprive_v we_o of_o any_o good_a by_o pleasure_n and_o pain_n i_o will_v be_v understand_v to_o mean_v of_o body_n or_o mind_n as_o they_o be_v common_o distinguish_v tho'_o in_o truth_n they_o be_v only_o different_a constitution_n of_o the_o mind_n sometime_o occasion_v by_o disorder_n in_o the_o body_n sometime_o by_o thought_n of_o the_o mind_n pleasure_n and_o pain_n and_o their_o cause_n good_a and_o evil_a be_v the_o hinge_n upon_o which_o our_o passion_n turn_v by_o reflect_v on_o the_o various_a modification_n or_o temper_n of_o mind_n and_o the_o internal_a sensation_n which_o pleasure_n and_o pain_n good_a and_o evil_n produce_v in_o we_o we_o may_v thence_o form_v to_o ourselves_o the_o idea_n of_o our_o passion_n thus_o by_o reflect_v upon_o the_o thought_n we_o have_v of_o the_o delight_n which_o any_o thing_n be_v apt_a to_o produce_v in_o we_o we_o have_v a_o idea_n we_o call_v love_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o thought_n of_o the_o pain_n which_o any_o thing_n present_a or_o absent_a produce_v in_o we_o be_v what_o we_o call_v hatred_n desire_n be_v that_o uneasiness_n which_o a_o man_n find_v in_o himself_o upon_o the_o absence_n of_o any_o thing_n the_o present_a enjoyment_n of_o which_o carry_v the_o idea_n of_o delight_n with_o it_o joy_n be_v a_o delight_n of_o the_o mind_n arise_v from_o the_o present_a or_o assure_v approach_v possession_n of_o a_o good_n sorrow_n be_v a_o uneasiness_n of_o the_o mind_n upon_o the_o thought_n of_o a_o good_a lose_v or_o the_o sense_n of_o a_o present_a evil._n hope_n be_v a_o pleasure_n in_o the_o mind_n upon_o the_o thought_n of_o a_o probable_a future_a enjoyment_n of_o a_o thing_n which_o be_v apt_a to_o delight_v fear_n be_v a_o uneasiness_n of_o the_o mind_n upon_o the_o thought_n of_o a_o future_a evil_n likely_a to_o befall_v we_o anger_n be_v a_o discomposure_n of_o mind_n upon_o the_o receipt_n of_o injury_n with_o a_o present_a purpose_n of_o revenge_n despair_n be_v the_o thought_n of_o the_o unattainableness_n of_o any_o good_n envy_n be_v a_o uneasiness_n of_o mind_n cause_v by_o the_o consideration_n of_o a_o good_a we_o desire_v obtain_v by_o one_o we_o think_v shall_v not_o have_v have_v it_o before_o we_o it_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v that_o in_o reference_n to_o the_o passion_n the_o removal_n or_o lessen_v of_o a_o pain_n be_v consider_v and_o operate_v as_o a_o pleasure_n and_o the_o loss_n or_o diminish_n of_o a_o pleasure_n as_o a_o pain_n and_o far_o that_o the_o passion_n in_o most_o person_n operate_v on_o the_o body_n and_o cause_v various_a change_n in_o it_o but_o these_o be_v not_o always_o sensible_a do_v not_o make_v a_o necessary_a part_n of_o the_o idea_n of_o each_o passion_n beside_o these_o mode_n of_o pleasure_n and_o pain_n which_o result_n from_o the_o various_a consideration_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a there_o be_v many_o other_o i_o may_v have_v instance_a in_o as_o the_o pain_n of_o hunger_n and_o thirst_n and_o the_o pleasure_n of_o eat_v and_o drink_v and_o of_o music_n etc._n etc._n but_o i_o rather_o choose_v to_o instance_n in_o the_o passion_n as_o be_v of_o much_o more_o concernment_n to_o we_o chap._n xxi_o of_o power_n the_o mind_n be_v every_o day_n inform_v by_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o alteration_n of_o those_o simple_a idea_n it_o observe_v in_o thing_n without_o reflect_v also_o on_o what_o pass_v within_o itself_o and_o observe_v a_o constant_a change_n of_o its_o idea_n sometime_o by_o the_o impression_n of_o outward_a object_n upon_o the_o sense_n and_o sometime_o by_o the_o determination_n of_o its_o own_o choice_n and_o conclude_v from_o what_o it_o have_v so_o constant_o observe_v to_o have_v be_v that_o the_o like_a change_n will_v for_o the_o future_a be_v make_v in_o the_o same_o thing_n by_o the_o same_o agent_n and_o by_o the_o like_a way_n consider_v in_o one_o thing_n the_o possibility_n of_o have_v any_o of_o its_o simple_a idea_n change_v and_o in_o another_o the_o possibility_n of_o make_v that_o change_n and_o so_o come_v by_o that_o idea_n which_o we_o call_v power_n thus_o we_o say_v fire_n have_v a_o power_n to_o melt_v gold_n and_o make_v it_o fluid_a and_o gold_n have_v a_o power_n to_o be_v melt_v power_n thus_o consider_v be_v twofold_a viz._n as_o able_a to_o make_v or_o able_a to_o receive_v any_o change_n the_o one_o may_v be_v call_v active_a the_o

doubt_v waver_a distrust_n disbelief_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v a_o rule_n general_o approve_v that_o any_o testimony_n the_o far_o off_o it_o be_v remove_v from_o the_o original_a truth_n the_o less_o force_v it_o have_v and_o in_o traditional_a truth_n each_o remove_n weaken_v the_o force_n of_o the_o proof_n there_o be_v a_o rule_n quite_o contrary_a to_o this_o advance_v by_o some_o man_n who_o look_v opinion_n to_o gain_v force_n by_o grow_v old_a upon_o this_o ground_n proposition_n evident_o false_a or_o doubtful_a in_o their_o first_o beginning_n come_v by_o a_o invert_v rule_n of_o probability_n to_o pass_v for_o authentic_a truth_n and_o those_o which_o deserve_v little_a credit_n from_o the_o mouth_n of_o their_o first_o relator_n be_v think_v to_o grow_v venerable_a by_o age_n and_o be_v urge_v as_o undeniable_a but_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o no_o probability_n can_v rise_v above_o its_o first_o original_a what_o have_v no_o other_o evidence_n than_o the_o single_a testimony_n of_o one_o witness_v must_v stand_v or_o fall_v by_o his_o only_a testimony_n tho'_o afterward_o cite_v by_o hundred_o of_o other_o and_o be_v so_o far_o from_o receive_v any_o strength_n thereby_o that_o it_o become_v the_o weak_a because_o passion_n interest_n inadvertency_n mistake_v of_o his_o mean_v and_o a_o thousand_o odd_a reason_n or_o caprichois_n man_n mind_n be_v act_v by_o may_v make_v one_o man_n quote_v another_o word_n or_o mean_v wrong_n this_o be_v certain_a that_o what_o in_o one_o age_n be_v affirm_v upon_o slight_a ground_n can_v never_o after_o come_v to_o be_v more_o valid_a in_o future_a age_n by_o be_v often_o repeat_v the_o second_o sort_n of_o probability_n be_v concern_v thing_n not_o fall_v under_o the_o reach_n of_o our_o sense_n and_o therefore_o not_o capable_a of_o testimony_n and_o such_o be_v first_o the_o existence_n nature_n and_o operation_n of_o finite_a immaterial_a being_n without_o we_o as_o spirit_n angel_n etc._n etc._n or_o the_o existence_n of_o material_a being_n such_o as_o for_o their_o smallness_n or_o remoteness_n our_o sense_n can_v take_v notice_n of_o as_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o plant_n animal_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o planet_n and_o other_o mansion_n of_o the_o vast_a universe_n second_o concern_v the_o manner_n of_o operation_n in_o most_o part_n of_o the_o work_n of_o nature_n wherein_o tho'_o we_o see_v the_o sensible_a effect_n yet_o their_o cause_n be_v unknown_a and_o we_o perceive_v not_o the_o way_n and_o manner_n how_o they_o be_v produce_v we_o see_v animal_n be_v generate_v nourish_v and_o move_v the_o loadstone_n draw_v iron_n etc._n etc._n but_o the_o cause_n that_o operate_v and_o the_o manner_n they_o be_v produce_v in_o we_o can_v only_o guess_v and_o probable_o conjecture_v in_o these_o matter_n analogy_n be_v the_o only_a help_n we_o have_v and_o it_o be_v from_o that_o alone_o we_o draw_v all_o our_o ground_n of_o probability_n thus_o observe_v that_o the_o bare_a rub_n of_o two_o body_n violent_o upon_o one_o another_o produces_z heatt_z and_o very_o often_o fire_n we_o have_v reason_n to_o think_v that_o what_o we_o call_v heat_n and_o fire_n consist_v in_o a_o certain_a violent_a agitation_n of_o the_o imperceptible_a minute_n part_v of_o the_o burn_a matter_n this_o sort_n of_o probability_n which_o be_v the_o best_a conduct_n of_o rational_a experiment_n and_o the_o rise_v of_o hypothesis_n have_v also_o its_o use_n and_o influence_n and_o a_o wary_a reason_n from_o analogy_n lead_v we_o often_o into_o the_o discovery_n of_o truth_n and_o useful_a deduction_n which_o will_v otherwise_o lie_v conceal_v tho'_o the_o common_a experience_n and_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o thing_n have_v a_o mighty_a influence_n on_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n to_o make_v they_o give_v or_o refuse_v credit_n to_o any_o thing_n propose_v to_o their_o belief_n yet_o there_o be_v one_o case_n wherein_o the_o strangeness_n of_o the_o fact_n lessen_v not_o the_o assent_n to_o a_o fair_a testimony_n give_v of_o it_o for_o where_o such_o supernatural_a event_n be_v suitable_a to_o end_v aim_v at_o by_o he_o who_o have_v the_o power_n to_o change_v the_o course_n of_o nature_n there_o under_o such_o circumstance_n they_o may_v be_v the_o fit_a to_o procure_v belief_n by_o how_o much_o the_o more_o they_o be_v beyond_o or_o contrary_a to_o ordinary_a observation_n this_o be_v the_o proper_a case_n of_o miracle_n which_o well_o attest_v do_v not_o only_o find_v credit_n themselves_o but_o give_v it_o also_o to_o other_o truth_n there_o be_v proposition_n that_o challenge_v the_o high_a degree_n of_o our_o assent_n upon_o bare_a testimony_n whether_o the_o thing_n propose_v agree_v or_o disagree_v with_o common_a experience_n and_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o thing_n or_o no_o the_o reason_n whereof_o be_v because_o the_o testimony_n be_v of_o such_o a_o one_o as_o can_v deceive_v nor_o be_v deceive_v and_o that_o be_v god_n himself_o this_o carry_v with_o it_o certainty_n beyond_o doubt_n evidence_n beyond_o exception_n this_o be_v call_v by_o a_o peculiar_a name_n revelation_n and_o our_o assent_n to_o it_o faith_n which_o have_v as_o much_o certainty_n in_o it_o as_o our_o knowledge_n itself_o and_o we_o may_v as_o well_o doubt_v of_o our_o own_o be_v as_o we_o can_v whether_o any_o revelation_n from_o god_n be_v true_a so_o that_o faith_n be_v a_o settle_a and_o sure_a principle_n of_o assent_n and_o assurance_n and_o leave_v no_o manner_n of_o room_n for_o doubt_n or_o hesitation_n only_o we_o must_v be_v sure_a that_o it_o be_v a_o divine_a revelation_n and_o that_o we_o understand_v it_o right_o else_o we_o shall_v expose_v ourselves_o to_o all_o the_o extravagancy_n of_o enthusiasm_n and_o all_o the_o error_n of_o wrong_a principle_n if_o we_o have_v faith_n and_o assurance_n in_o what_o be_v not_o divine_a revelation_n chap._n xvii_o of_o reason_n the_o word_n reason_n in_o english_a have_v different_a signification_n sometime_o it_o be_v take_v for_o true_a and_o clear_a principle_n sometime_o for_o clear_a and_o fair_a deduction_n from_o those_o principle_n sometime_o for_o the_o cause_n and_o particular_o for_o the_o final_a cause_n but_o the_o consideration_n i_o shall_v have_v of_o it_o here_o be_v as_o it_o stand_v for_o a_o faculty_n whereby_o man_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v distinguish_v from_o beast_n and_o wherein_o it_o be_v evident_a he_o much_o surpass_v they_o reason_n be_v necessary_a both_o for_o the_o enlargement_n of_o our_o knowledge_n and_o regulate_v our_o assent_n for_o it_o have_v to_o do_v both_o in_o knowledge_n and_o opinion_n and_o be_v necessary_a and_o assist_v to_o all_o our_o other_o intellectual_a faculty_n and_o indeed_o contain_v two_o of_o they_o viz._n first_o sagacity_n whereby_o it_o find_v intermediate_v idea_n second_o illation_n whereby_o it_o so_o order_n and_o dispose_v of_o they_o as_o to_o discover_v what_o connexion_n there_o be_v in_o each_o link_n of_o the_o chain_n whereby_o the_o extreme_n be_v hold_v together_o and_o thereby_o as_o it_o be_v to_o draw_v into_o view_n the_o truth_n seek_v for_o which_o be_v that_o we_o call_v illation_n or_o inference_n and_o consist_v in_o nothing_o but_o the_o perception_n of_o the_o connexion_n there_o be_v between_o the_o idea_n in_o each_o step_n of_o the_o deduction_n whereby_o the_o mind_n come_v to_o see_v either_o the_o certain_a agreement_n or_o disagreement_n of_o any_o two_o idea_n as_o in_o demonstration_n in_o which_o it_o arrive_v at_o knowledge_n or_o their_o probable_a connexion_n on_o which_o it_o give_v or_o withhold_v its_o assent_n as_o in_o opinion_n sense_n and_o intuition_n reach_v but_o a_o little_a way_n the_o great_a part_n of_o our_o knowledge_n depend_v upon_o deduction_n and_o intermediate_v idea_n in_o those_o case_n where_o we_o must_v take_v proposition_n for_o true_a without_o be_v certain_a of_o their_o be_v so_o we_o have_v need_v to_o find_v out_o examine_v and_o compare_v the_o ground_n of_o their_o probability_n in_o both_o case_n the_o faculty_n which_o find_v out_o the_o mean_n and_o right_o apply_v they_o to_o discover_v certainty_n in_o the_o one_o and_o probability_n in_o the_o other_o be_v that_o which_o we_o call_v reason_n so_o that_o in_o reason_n we_o may_v consider_v these_o four_o degree_n first_o the_o discover_v and_o find_v out_o of_o proof_n second_o the_o regular_a and_o methodical_a disposition_n of_o they_o and_o lay_v they_o in_o such_o order_n as_o their_o connexion_n may_v be_v plain_o perceive_v three_o the_o perceive_v their_o connexion_n four_o the_o make_v a_o right_a conclusion_n there_o be_v one_o thing_n more_o which_o i_o shall_v desire_v to_o be_v consider_v concern_v reason_n and_o that_o be_v whether_o syllogism_n as_o be_v general_o think_v be_v the_o proper_a instrument_n of_o it_o ant_n the_o useful_a way_n of_o exercise_v this_o faculty_n the_o cause_n i_o have_v to_o doubt_v of_o