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receive_v from_o sensation_n and_o reflection_n chap._n xxiv_o of_o collective_a idea_n of_o substance_n there_o be_v other_o idea_n of_o substance_n which_o may_v be_v call_v collective_a which_o be_v make_v up_o of_o many_o particular_a substance_n consider_v as_o unite_v into_o one_o idea_n as_o a_o troop_n army_n etc._n etc._n which_o the_o mind_n make_v by_o its_o power_n of_o composition_n these_o collective_a idea_n be_v but_o the_o artificial_a draught_n of_o the_o mind_n bring_v thing_n remote_a and_o independent_a into_o one_o view_n the_o better_a to_o contemplate_v and_o discourse_v of_o they_o unite_v into_o one_o conception_n and_o signify_v by_o one_o name_n for_o there_o be_v no_o thing_n so_o remote_a which_o the_o mind_n can_v by_o this_o art_n of_o composition_n bring_v into_o one_o idea_n as_o be_v visible_a in_o that_o signify_v by_o the_o name_n universe_n chap._n xxv_o of_o relation_n there_o be_v another_o sett_n of_o idea_n which_o the_o mind_n get_v from_o 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after_o that_o it_o have_v think_v i_o see_v no_o reason_n therefore_o to_o believe_v that_o the_o soul_n think_v before_o the_o sense_n have_v furnish_v it_o with_o idea_n to_o think_v on_o and_o as_o those_o be_v increase_v and_o retain_v so_o it_o come_v by_o exercise_n to_o improve_v its_o faculty_n of_o think_v in_o the_o several_a part_n of_o it_o as_o well_o as_o afterward_o by_o compound_v those_o idea_n and_o reflect_v on_o its_o own_o operation_n it_o increase_v in_o stock_n as_o well_o as_o facility_n in_o remember_v imagine_v reason_v and_o other_o modes_n of_o think_v chap._n ii_o of_o simple_a idea_n of_o idea_n some_o be_v simple_a other_o complex_fw-la a_o simple_a idea_n be_v one_o uniform_a appearance_n or_o conception_n in_o the_o mind_n which_o be_v not_o distinguishable_a into_o different_a idea_n such_o be_v sensible_a quality_n which_o though_o they_o be_v in_o the_o thing_n themselves_o so_o unite_a and_o blend_v that_o there_o be_v no_o separation_n no_o 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