have_v not_o some_o idea_n or_o notion_n or_o some_o thing_n for_o its_o signification_n it_o be_v insignificant_a and_o a_o mere_a useless_a sound_n and_o if_o it_o have_v than_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o species_n or_o genus_fw-la be_v that_o which_o be_v predicate_v and_o not_o the_o name_n only_o if_o thing_n of_o which_o only_o as_o philosopher_n we_o ought_v to_o speak_v be_v turn_v into_o idea_n reality_n into_o spiritual_a resemblance_n and_o those_o empty_a resemblance_n into_o empty_a name_n philosophy_n will_v be_v bring_v to_o a_o strange_a pass_n three_o none_o ever_o intend_v to_o instruct_v man_n by_o this_o proposition_n homo_fw-la est_fw-la animal_n because_o every_o man_n know_v it_o already_o who_o know_v what_o the_o word_n man_n mean_n without_o know_v which_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o know_v any_o thing_n by_o any_o word_n whatever_o nor_o be_v such_o proposition_n as_o that_o which_o frequent_o occur_v in_o logician_n mean_v for_o any_o thing_n but_o mere_o 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method_n for_o they_o have_v it_o seem_v do_v nothing_o but_o perpetual_o trifle_v hitherto_o 16._o upon_o the_o main_a he_o will_v have_v nothing_o that_o be_v essential_a predicate_v of_o man_n or_o any_o other_o species_n because_o insignificant_a the_o word_n signify_v that_o already_o but_o only_a what_o be_v accidental_a to_o he_o and_o he_o think_v that_o then_o a_o proposition_n be_v instructive_a when_o it_o tell_v we_o something_o not_o contain_v in_o the_o idea_n of_o man._n he_o instance_n in_o this_o in_o whatever_o thing_n sense_n motion_n reason_n and_o laughter_n be_v unite_v that_o thing_n have_v actual_o a_o notion_n of_o god_n now_o this_o he_o conceive_v do_v tell_v we_o more_o than_o bare_o what_o the_o word_n man_n mean_n and_o therefore_o have_v somewhat_o of_o instruction_n in_o it_o i_o much_o approve_v his_o design_n of_o bring_v disparate_a notion_n to_o close_v and_o connect_v but_o yet_o i_o must_v say_v that_o all_o he_o can_v say_v of_o man_n or_o any_o other_o thing_n must_v either_o be_v take_v from_o the_o intrinsecal_n nature_n of_o the_o thing_n itself_o or_o it_o can_v never_o be_v instructive_a solid_a or_o capable_a of_o demonstration_n v._o g._n it_o be_v essential_a to_o man_n to_o have_v natural_a notion_n and_o to_o connect_v those_o notion_n orderly_o by_o his_o reason_n and_o by_o do_v this_o he_o may_v attain_v to_o the_o knowledge_n there_o be_v a_o god_n now_o all_o this_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o notion_n of_o man_n only_o it_o require_v a_o deep_a inspection_n into_o that_o nature_n and_o a_o more_o particular_a reflection_n upon_o what_o the_o word_n man_n signify_v for_o quite_o contrary_a to_o his_o sentiment_n it_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n signify_v by_o its_o name_n which_o only_o can_v instruct_v we_o solid_o and_o it_o instruct_v we_o by_o our_o attention_n to_o it_o and_o our_o frequent_a and_o penetrative_a reflection_n on_o it_o whence_o i_o can_v commend_v his_o instance_n nor_o see_v how_o the_o predicate_v have_v the_o notion_n of_o god_n can_v ever_o be_v connect_v with_o the_o subject_a he_o put_v by_o virtue_n of_o any_o thing_n find_v in_o the_o subject_n itself_o as_o he_o exhibit_v it_o sense_n belong_v to_o man_n as_o he_o be_v a_o animal_n motion_n as_o he_o be_v a_o live_a thing_n from_o neither_o of_o which_o consideration_n such_o a_o connexion_n of_o the_o term_n be_v likely_a to_o follow_v reason_n be_v the_o most_o likely_a but_o since_o mr._n locke_n hold_v that_o brute_n too_o have_v some_o reason_n and_o yet_o can_v have_v no_o notion_n of_o god_n it_o can_v be_v deduce_v out_o of_o the_o common_a word_n reason_n that_o man_n have_v any_o such_o notion_n laughter_n there_o shall_v seem_v according_a to_o he_o to_o be_v the_o most_o peculiar_a to_o mankind_n for_o brute_n do_v not_o laugh_v at_o all_o but_o this_o be_v less_o likely_a than_o the_o other_o to_o be_v that_o precise_a consideration_n by_o virtue_n of_o which_o man_n come_v to_o have_v the_o notion_n of_o god_n again_o in_o his_o discourse_n against_o innate_a principle_n he_o declare_v his_o opinion_n that_o there_o be_v some_o man_n who_o have_v actual_o no_o notion_n of_o a_o god_n at_o all_o though_o no_o doubt_n they_o have_v sense_n motion_n reason_n and_o laughter_n too_o so_o that_o if_o this_o proposition_n be_v instructive_a it_o can_v even_o according_a to_o himself_o instruct_v we_o in_o nothing_o but_o a_o error_n last_o what_o need_v this_o circumlocution_n if_o sense_n motion_n etc._n etc._n huddle_v together_o be_v signify_v by_o the_o word_n man_n why_o can_v it_o not_o as_o well_o be_v say_v every_o man_n have_v a_o notion_n of_o god_n without_o more_o ado_n since_o by_o his_o discourse_n to_o predicate_v what_o the_o word_n man_n signify_v be_v not_o instructive_a or_o if_o they_o be_v not_o signify_v by_o the_o word_n man_n how_o be_v the_o proposition_n true_a or_o what_o mean_v it_o to_o say_v he_o intend_v man_n by_o those_o many_o word_n and_o yet_o will_v not_o have_v it_o think_v so_o or_o that_o no_o intrinsical_v predicate_v instruct_v but_o only_o what_o be_v extrinsecal_n to_o any_o nature_n or_o if_o this_o be_v mean_v for_o a_o instructive_a definition_n as_o it_o must_v for_o the_o subject_a in_o that_o proposition_n agree_v to_o nothing_o but_o to_o man_n why_o be_v the_o part_n of_o it_o so_o disparate_a and_o so_o many_o or_o rather_o if_o so_o many_o why_o no_o more_o if_o we_o may_v gain_v the_o knowledge_n of_o more_o accident_n in_o every_o species_n by_o degree_n as_o it_o be_v grant_v we_o may_v and_o that_o we_o ought_v to_o define_v those_o species_n not_o by_o the_o old_a beat_a way_n of_o genus_fw-la and_o difference_n but_o by_o this_o new_a one_o of_o clutter_v together_o confuse_o the_o multitude_n of_o accident_n we_o find_v in_o they_o we_o may_v come_v in_o time_n by_o find_v still_o more_o and_o more_o to_o have_v definition_n so_o large_a that_o the_o whole_a side_n of_o a_o leaf_n can_v hold_v they_o nor_o man_n memory_n retain_v they_o and_o then_o what_o do_v they_o serve_v for_o 17._o indeed_o when_o word_n be_v take_v in_o divers_a signification_n if_o thing_n man_n contentious_o adhere_v to_o the_o different_a sense_n themselves_o give_v they_o it_o be_v as_o mr._n locke_n say_v well_o mere_a trifle_a but_o i_o can_v grant_v that_o all_o predication_n of_o abstract_a word_n be_v only_o verbal_a and_o trifle_a he_o say_v they_o amount_v to_o nothing_o but_o signification_n of_o term_n and_o be_v not_o this_o enough_o i_o wish_v he_o will_v consider_v his_o own_o word_n by_o signification_n of_o term_n he_o mean_n i_o suppose_v the_o sense_n or_o mean_v of_o they_o now_o the_o meaning_n of_o word_n be_v the_o same_o with_o our_o notion_n which_o as_o have_v be_v demonstrate_v be_v the_o thing_n themselves_o how_o can_v those_o abstract_a term_n be_v mere_o verbal_a since_o they_o as_o much_o signify_v the_o thing_n as_o any_o other_o term_n whatever_o only_o they_o signify_v it_o with_o a_o restriction_n to_o such_o a_o precise_a respect_n or_o considerability_n find_v in_o that_o whole_a ens_fw-la or_o substance_n reflection_n twenty_o on_o the_o 9th_o 10_o 11_o and_o 12_o chapter_n 1._o this_o excellent_a author_n discourse_v very_o solid_o when_o he_o say_v that_o universal_a proposition_n of_o which_o we_o can_v have_v certain_a knowledge_n do_v not_o concern_v existence_n mind_n i_o add_v nor_o our_o notion_n neither_o of_o which_o those_o proposition_n do_v consist_v and_o much_o less_o proposition_n that_o be_v uncertain_a for_o take_v the_o notion_n alone_o or_o according_a to_o the_o direct_a signification_n of_o the_o term_n objective_o consider_v they_o abstract_a from_o that_o be_v be_v indifferent_a to_o all_o kind_n of_o existence_n whether_o in_o the_o mind_n or_o in_o nature_n but_o when_o he_o say_v
ens_fw-la adequate_o divide_v into_o body_n and_o spirit_n 8._o vacuum_n must_v either_o be_v res_n or_o modus_fw-la rei_fw-la otherwise_o we_o can_v have_v no_o notion_n of_o it_o 9_o the_o extravagant_a argument_n for_o vacuum_n refute_v 10._o we_o can_v set_v bound_n to_o space_n time_n and_o to_o all_o duration_n but_o god_n 11._o annihilation_n imply_v a_o contradiction_n and_o be_v not_o a_o act_n of_o omnipotency_n but_o of_o impotency_n 12._o the_o cartesian_o can_v hardly_o avoid_v vacuum_n 13._o the_o have_v a_o idea_n of_o vacuum_n distinct_a from_o that_o of_o plenum_fw-la no_o argument_n to_o prove_v it_o reflection_n eight_o §_o 1._o the_o plain_a sense_n of_o the_o vulgar_a give_v we_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o time_n 2._o duration_n be_v not_o succession_n but_o rather_o opposite_a to_o it_o 3._o it_o be_v a_o strange_a paradox_n to_o say_v the_o notion_n of_o succession_n or_o duration_n be_v to_o be_v take_v from_o the_o train_n of_o idea_n in_o our_o mind_n 4._o our_o not_o perceive_v duration_n when_o we_o sleep_v no_o argument_n for_o it_o 5._o this_o tenet_n be_v against_o experience_n 6._o and_o against_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n and_o of_o resemblance_n too_o 7._o one_o motion_n if_o know_v and_o regular_a may_v and_o must_v be_v a_o measure_n to_o another_o 8._o there_o be_v no_o show_n of_o reason_n that_o the_o equality_n of_o the_o period_n of_o duration_n can_v possible_o be_v take_v from_o the_o train_n of_o our_o idea_n 9_o this_o odd_a tenet_n not_o positive_o assert_v by_o mr._n locke_n reflection_n nine_o §_o 1._o imaginary_a time_n before_o the_o world_n a_o mere_a illusion_n of_o fancy_n 2._o they_o who_o advance_v tenet_n against_o nature_n must_v alter_v the_o mean_v of_o those_o word_n that_o express_v our_o natural_a notion_n 3._o god_n immensity_n not_o commensurate_a to_o a_o infinite_o expand_v space_n 4._o we_o can_v have_v no_o notion_n of_o a_o vacuum_n but_o a_o fancy_n only_o 5._o scripture-text_n the_o worst_a sort_n of_o argument_n for_o philosopher_n unless_o they_o be_v most_o plain_a and_o literal_o mean_v 6._o only_o self-existence_n and_o what_o flow_v from_o that_o notion_n be_v peculiar_a to_o god_n 7._o our_o natural_a notion_n assure_v we_o that_o it_o be_v mere_a fancy_n to_o explicate_v god_n attribute_n by_o respect_n to_o corporeal_a nature_n reflection_n ten_o §_o 1._o endless_a addition_n of_o number_n can_v never_o give_v we_o the_o notion_n of_o infinity_o 2._o how_o we_o come_v to_o have_v that_o notion_n 3._o and_o with_o what_o ease_n 4._o the_o notion_n of_o infinite_a be_v most_o perfect_o positive_a 5._o duration_n easy_o conceivable_a without_o succession_n reflection_n eleven_o §_o 1._o thought_n be_v not_o to_o be_v call_v sensation_n §_o 2._o think_v be_v the_o action_n and_o not_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o soul_n §_o 3._o mr._n locke_n position_n that_o thing_n be_v good_a or_o evil_a only_a in_o reference_n to_o pleasure_n or_o pain_n be_v true_a and_o solid_n reflection_n twelve_o §_o 1._o the_o due_a commendation_n of_o mr._n locke_n doctrine_n in_o this_o chapter_n of_o power_n 2._o that_o some_o spiritual_a agent_n be_v the_o first_o mover_n of_o body_n the_o will_n can_v move_v our_o body_n 3._o the_o understanding_n and_o will_v not_o distinct_a power_n 4._o man_n freedom_n or_o self-determination_n deduce_v from_o principle_n 5._o the_o difference_n between_o man_n and_o brute_n in_o their_o determination_n to_o action_n 6._o man_n natural_o pursue_v what_o be_v according_a to_o reason_n or_o virtuous_a therefore_o his_o nature_n have_v be_v pervert_v since_o his_o creation_n 7._o therefore_o supernatural_a motive_n be_v add_v to_o strengthen_v man_n weaken_v nature_n or_o reason_n 8._o supernatural_a motive_n be_v the_o strong_a will_v always_o prevail_v be_v they_o due_o apply_v to_o a_o subject_a dispose_v 9_o why_o the_o understanding_n and_o will_n must_v be_v the_o same_o power_n substantial_o 10._o how_o to_o conquer_v in_o our_o spiritual_a warfare_n 11._o it_o be_v evident_a that_o man_n determin_n himself_o to_o action_n 12._o yet_o as_o predetermined_a by_o god_n 13._o determination_n to_o virtuous_a action_n do_v perfect_a and_o not_o destroy_v freedom_n 14._o good_a if_o evident_o appear_v such_o do_v certain_o determine_v the_o will._n 15._o how_o wrong_v judgement_n come_v §_o 16._o sin_n general_o spring_v from_o true_a but_o disproportionate_a judgement_n 17._o of_o uneasiness_n and_o mr._n locke_n discourse_n concern_v it_o 18._o good_a be_v the_o only_a determiner_n of_o the_o will_n and_o not_o uneasiness_n 19_o prove_v from_o our_o natural_a desire_n of_o happiness_n 20._o the_o appearance_n of_o good_a be_v of_o great_a weight_n but_o in_o a_o manner_n disregard_v by_o mr._n locke_n 21._o put_v this_o appearance_n his_o reason_n do_v not_o conclude_v 22._o prove_v because_o ease_n be_v not_o the_o perfection_n of_o a_o soul_n 23._o the_o truth_n of_o this_o point_n state_v 24._o mr._n locke_n omit_v here_o the_o idea_n of_o power_n to_o be_v a_o thing_n though_o nature_n suggest_v and_o force_v it_o reflection_n thirteen_o thirteen_o 1._o our_o mixture_n of_o our_o notion_n be_v regular_a mr._n locke'_v irregular_a and_o disorderly_o 2._o without_o know_v what_o substance_n or_o thing_n be_v we_o can_v pretend_v to_o philosophy_n 3._o all_o our_o notion_n and_o among_o they_o that_o of_o substance_n or_o res_n be_v take_v from_o the_o thing_n 4._o we_o can_v be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o notion_n of_o substance_n or_o thing_n 5._o we_o know_v the_o more_o inferior_a notion_n of_o thing_n less_o perfect_o and_o individual_a essence_n the_o least_o of_o all_o 6._o to_o gain_v a_o distinct_a notion_n of_o substance_n or_o thing_n we_o must_v consider_v it_o abstract_o from_o its_o modes_n single_o consider_v 7._o the_o literal_a truth_n how_o substance_n and_o its_o accident_n or_o the_o thing_n and_o its_o mode_n be_v exact_o know_v §_o 8._o it_o be_v impossible_a not_o to_o know_v extension_n it_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n self-evident_a 9_o the_o cohesion_n of_o extend_v part_n be_v above_o physical_a proof_n and_o can_v only_o be_v know_v by_o metaphysic_n 10._o whence_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o seek_v for_o natural_a efficient_a cause_n for_o those_o effect_n that_o depend_v on_o formal_a cause_n 11._o we_o may_v have_v clear_a knowledge_n of_o spiritual_a nature_n by_o reflection_n 12._o the_o reason_n why_o and_o the_o manner_n how_o reflection_n fourteen_o fourteen_o 1._o the_o mind_n alone_o do_v not_o collect_v notion_n or_o compare_v they_o 2._o verbal_a relation_n come_v not_o from_o defect_n in_o our_o language_n but_o for_o want_v of_o a_o real_a ground_n 3._o what_o causality_n be_v and_o what_o ground_n the_o relation_n of_o cause_n and_o effect_n 4._o the_o know_v the_o principle_n of_o individuation_n must_v antecede_v the_o knowledge_n of_o identity_n and_o diversity_n 5._o what_o give_v the_o ground_n to_o specify_v all_o notion_n 6._o what_o give_v the_o ground_n to_o our_o notion_n of_o the_o individuum_fw-la 7._o how_o individual_a man_n be_v constitute_v 8._o existence_n can_v possible_o be_v the_o principle_n of_o individuation_n 9_o the_o outward_a circumstance_n of_o time_n and_o place_n can_v conduce_v to_o constitute_v the_o individual_a essence_n 10._o a_o individual_a man_n be_v formal_o a_o individual_a thing_n of_o that_o kind_a and_o a_o individual_a person_n too_o §_o 11._o the_o essence_n of_o thing_n not_o to_o be_v take_v from_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o vulgar_a nor_o from_o extravagant_a supposition_n 12._o consciousness_n can_v constitute_v personal_a identity_n 13._o that_o consciousness_n be_v inseparable_a from_o every_o individual_a man._n 14._o yet_o angel_n who_o be_v pure_a act_n be_v constitute_v in_o part_n by_o the_o act_n of_o know_v themselves_o 15._o no_o soul_n be_v indifferent_a to_o any_o matter_n the_o notion_n of_o the_o individuum_fw-la be_v essential_a the_o substance_n be_v the_o same_o though_o some_o quantity_n of_o the_o matter_n do_v come_v and_o go_v reflection_n fifteen_o §_o 1._o that_o be_v only_o true_a virtue_n which_o be_v according_a to_o right_a reason_n 2._o how_o we_o come_v to_o have_v confuse_a idea_n or_o notion_n 3._o the_o whole_a thing_n as_o it_o need_v not_o so_o it_o can_v be_v know_v clear_o 4._o the_o metaphysical_a reason_n why_o this_o complexion_n of_o accident_n which_o constitute_v individuum_n shall_v be_v almost_o infinite_o various_a 5._o we_o can_v sufficient_o know_v thing_n without_o comprehend_v full_o this_o complexion_n 6._o no_o formal_a truth_n or_o falsehood_n in_o idea_n or_o notion_n reflection_n sixteen_o sixteen_o 1._o whence_o proper_a and_o metaphorical_a notion_n and_o word_n have_v their_o origin_n 2._o the_o general_n rule_v to_o know_v the_o right_a sense_n of_o word_n §_o 3._o word_n of_o art_n most_o liable_a to_o be_v mistake_v 4._o the_o way_n how_o to_o avoid_v be_v
nice_a respect_n the_o common_a explication_n of_o extension_n defend_v ens_fw-la adequate_o divide_v into_o body_n and_o spirit_n vacuum_n must_v either_o be_v res_n or_o modus_fw-la rei_fw-la otherwise_o we_o can_v have_v no_o notion_n of_o it_o it_o preliminary_n 4._o §._o 39_o the_o extravagant_a argument_n for_o vacuum_n refute_v psal._n 103._o v_o 24._o we_o can_v set_v bound_n to_o space_n time_n and_o to_o all_o duration_n but_o god_n annihilation_n imply_v a_o contradiction_n and_o be_v not_o a_o act_n of_o omnipotency_n but_o of_o impotency_n the_o cartesian_o can_v hardly_o avoid_v vacuum_n the_o have_v a_o idea_n of_o vacuum_n distinct_a from_o that_o of_o plenum_fw-la no_o argument_n to_o prove_v it_o the_o plain_a sense_n of_o the_o vulgar_a give_v we_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o time_n duration_n be_v not_o succession_n but_o rather_o opposite_a to_o it_o it_o be_v a_o strange_a paradox_n to_o say_v the_o notion_n of_o succession_n or_o duration_n be_v to_o be_v take_v 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support_v its_o modes_n in_o their_o be_v nor_o will_v it_o do_v we_o any_o harm_n loqui_fw-la cum_fw-la vulgo_fw-la to_o speak_v as_o vulgar_a philosopher_n use_v provide_v we_o do_v sentire_fw-la cum_fw-la doctis_fw-la or_o make_v wise_a judgement_n of_o the_o literal_a sense_n of_o those_o word_n than_o they_o perhaps_o ever_o mean_v 12._o the_o word_n suppositum_fw-la be_v another_o name_n of_o ens_fw-la or_o thing_n in_o a_o manner_n though_o not_o altogether_o the_o same_o hypostasis_fw-la with_o substance_n for_o substance_n be_v i_o conceive_v mean_v for_o the_o essential_a notion_n of_o the_o thing_n as_o it_o be_v contradistinguisht_v from_o accidental_a or_o unessential_a one_o and_o suppositum_fw-la do_v over_o and_o above_o relate_v also_o to_o the_o very_a nature_n of_o the_o thing_n or_o to_o the_o complexion_n of_o accident_n which_o constitute_v its_o essence_n and_o not_o only_o to_o the_o mode_n as_o each_o of_o they_o single_o be_v a_o mere_a accident_n and_o have_v 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14._o the_o word_n individuum_fw-la which_o be_v another_o name_n of_o ens_fw-la use_v by_o the_o learned_a and_o as_o be_v see_v in_o those_o usual_a individuum_fw-la word_n the_o same_o individual_a thing_n be_v get_v into_o our_o vulgar_a language_n be_v a_o logical_a expression_n distinguish_v the_o notion_n of_o a_o particular_a only_a which_o be_v proper_o a_o thing_n from_o the_o generical_a and_o specifical_a notion_n in_o regard_n both_o these_o latter_a do_v bear_v a_o division_n of_o their_o notion_n into_o more_o inferior_a one_o and_o so_o that_o each_o of_o the_o inferior_a one_o contain_v the_o whole_a superior_a nature_n in_o it_o which_o the_o other_o do_v signify_v as_o the_o whole_a definiton_n notion_n or_o nature_n of_o a_o animal_n or_o of_o a_o sensitive_a live_a thing_n be_v find_v in_o man_n and_o also_o in_o brute_n and_o the_o whole_a definition_n or_o notion_n of_o man_n be_v find_v in_o socrates_n and_o plato_n but_o the_o particular_a nature_n of_o 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