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A43995 Humane nature, or, The fundamental elements of policy being a discovery of the faculties, acts, and passions of the soul of man from their original causes, according to such philosophical principles as are not commonly known or asserted / by Tho. Hobbs. Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. 1684 (1684) Wing H2244; ESTC R27431 44,473 106

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the_o interior_a the_o law_n of_o refraction_n still_o observe_v now_o the_o interior_a coat_n of_o the_o eye_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o piece_n of_o the_o optic_a nerve_n and_o therefore_o the_o motion_n be_v still_o continue_v thereby_o into_o the_o brain_n and_o by_o resistance_n or_o reaction_n of_o the_o brain_n be_v also_o a_o rebound_n into_o the_o optic_a nerve_n again_o which_o we_o not_o conceive_v as_o motion_n or_o rebound_n from_o within_o do_v think_v it_o be_v without_o and_o call_v it_o light_n as_o have_v be_v already_o show_v by_o the_o experience_n of_o a_o stroke_n we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o doubt_v that_o the_o fountain_n of_o light_n the_o sun_n work_v by_o any_o other_o way_n than_o the_o fire_n at_o least_o in_o this_o matter_n and_o thus_o all_o vision_n have_v its_o original_a from_o such_o motion_n as_o be_v here_o describe_v for_o where_o there_o be_v no_o light_n there_o be_v no_o sight_n and_o therefore_o colour_n also_o must_v be_v the_o same_o 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they_o both_o at_o once_o in_o a_o golden_a mountain_n from_o the_o same_o cause_n it_o be_v there_o appear_v unto_o we_o castle_n in_o the_o air_n chimaera_n and_o other_o monster_n which_o be_v not_o in_o rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la but_o have_v be_v conceive_v by_o the_o sense_n in_o piece_n at_o several_a time_n and_o this_o composition_n be_v that_o which_o we_o common_o call_v fiction_n of_o the_o mind_n 5._o there_o be_v yet_o another_o kind_a of_o imagination_n which_o for_o clearness_n contend_v with_o sense_n as_o well_o as_o a_o dream_n and_o that_o be_v when_o the_o action_n of_o sense_n have_v be_v long_o or_o vehement_a and_o the_o experience_n thereof_o be_v more_o frequent_a in_o the_o sense_n of_o see_v than_o the_o rest_n a_o example_n whereof_o be_v the_o image_n remain_v before_o the_o eye_n after_o look_v upon_o the_o sun_n also_o those_o little_a image_n that_o appear_v before_o the_o eye_n in_o the_o dark_a whereof_o i_o think_v every_o man_n have_v experience_n but_o they_o most_o of_o all_o who_o be_v timorous_a or_o superstitious_a be_v example_n of_o the_o same_o and_o these_o for_o distinction-sake_n may_v be_v call_v phantasm_n 6._o by_o the_o sense_n which_o be_v number_v according_a to_o the_o organ_n to_o be_v five_o we_o take_v notice_n as_o have_v be_v say_v already_o of_o the_o object_n without_o we_o and_o that_o notice_n be_v our_o conception_n thereof_o but_o we_o take_v notice_n also_o some_o way_n or_o other_o of_o our_o conception_n for_o when_o the_o conception_n of_o the_o same_o thing_n come_v again_o we_o take_v notice_n that_o be_v again_o that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o we_o have_v have_v the_o same_o conception_n before_o which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o imagine_v a_o thing_n past_a which_o be_v impossible_a to_o the_o sense_n which_o be_v only_o of_o thing_n present_a this_o therefore_o may_v be_v account_v a_o six_o sense_n but_o internal_a not_o external_a as_o the_o rest_n and_o be_v common_o call_v remembrance_n 7._o for_o the_o manner_n by_o which_o we_o take_v notice_n of_o a_o conception_n past_a we_o be_v to_o remember_v that_o in_o the_o definition_n of_o imagination_n it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o conception_n by_o little_a and_o little_o decay_v or_o grow_v more_o obscure_a a_o obscure_a conception_n be_v that_o which_o represent_v the_o whole_a object_n together_o but_o none_o of_o the_o small_a part_n by_o themselves_o and_o as_o more_o or_o few_o part_n be_v represent_v so_o be_v the_o conception_n or_o representation_n say_v to_o be_v more_o or_o less_o clear_a see_v then_o the_o conception_n which_o when_o it_o be_v first_o produce_v by_o sense_n be_v clear_a and_o represent_v the_o part_n of_o the_o 0bject_n distinct_o and_o when_o it_o come_v again_o be_v obscure_a we_o find_v miss_v somewhat_o that_o we_o expect_v by_o which_o we_o judge_v it_o past_a and_o decay_v for_o example_n a_o man_n that_o be_v present_a in_o a_o foreign_a city_n see_v not_o only_o whole_a street_n but_o can_v also_o distinguish_v particular_a house_n and_o part_n of_o house_n but_o depart_v thence_o he_o can_v distinguish_v they_o so_o particular_o in_o his_o mind_n as_o he_o do_v some_o house_n or_o turning_n escape_v he_o yet_o be_v this_o to_o remember_v when_o afterwards_o there_o escape_v he_o more_o particular_n this_o be_v also_o to_o remember_v but_o not_o so_o well_o in_o process_n of_o time_n the_o image_n of_o the_o city_n return_v but_o as_o a_o mass_n of_o building_n only_o which_o be_v almost_o to_o have_v forget_v it_o see_v then_o remembrance_n be_v more_o or_o less_o as_o we_o find_v more_o or_o less_o obscurity_n why_o may_v not_o we_o well_o think_v remembrance_n to_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o miss_n of_o part_n which_o every_o man_n expect_v shall_v succeed_v after_o they_o have_v a_o conception_n of_o the_o whole_a to_o see_v at_o a_o great_a distance_n of_o place_n and_o to_o remember_v at_o great_a distance_n of_o time_n be_v to_o have_v like_o conception_n of_o the_o thing_n for_o there_o want_v distinction_n of_o part_n in_o both_o the_o one_o conception_n be_v weak_a by_o operation_n at_o distance_n the_o other_o by_o decay_n 8._o and_o from_o this_o that_o have_v be_v say_v there_o follow_v that_o a_o man_n can_v never_o know_v he_o dream_v he_o may_v dream_v he_o doubt_v whether_o it_o be_v a_o dream_n or_o no_o but_o the_o clearness_n of_o the_o imagination_n represent_v every_o thing_n with_o as_o many_o part_n as_o do_v sense_n itself_o and_o consequent_o he_o can_v take_v notice_n of_o nothing_o but_o as_o present_v whereas_o to_o think_v he_o dream_v be_v to_o think_v those_o his_o conception_n that_o be_v to_o say_v obscure_a than_o they_o be_v in_o the_o sense_n so_o that_o he_o must_v think_v they_o both_o as_o clear_v and_o not_o as_o clear_v as_o sense_n which_o be_v impossible_a 9_o from_o the_o same_o ground_n it_o proceed_v that_o man_n wonder_v not_o in_o their_o dream_n at_o place_n and_o person_n as_o they_o will_v do_v wake_v for_o wake_v a_o man_n will_v think_v it_o strange_a to_o be_v in_o a_o place_n where_o he_o never_o be_v before_o and_o remember_v nothing_o of_o how_o he_o come_v there_o but_o in_o a_o dream_n there_o come_v little_a of_o that_o kind_n into_o consideration_n the_o clearness_n of_o conception_n in_o a_o dream_n take_v away_o distrust_n unless_o the_o strangeness_n be_v excessive_a as_o to_o think_v himself_o fall_v from_o on_o high_a without_o hurt_n and_o then_o most_o common_o he_o wake_v 10._o nor_o be_v it_o possible_a for_o a_o man_n to_o be_v so_o far_o deceive_v as_o when_o his_o dream_n be_v past_a to_o think_v it_o real_a for_o if_o he_o dream_v of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v ordinary_o in_o his_o mind_n and_o in_o such_o order_n as_o he_o use_v to_o do_v wake_v and_o withal_o that_o he_o lay_v he_o down_o to_o sleep_v in_o the_o place_n be_v he_o find_v himself_o when_o he_o awake_v all_o which_o may_v happen_v i_o know_v no_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o or_o mark_n by_o which_o he_o can_v discern_v whether_o it_o be_v a_o dream_n or_o not_o and_o therefore_o do_v the_o less_o wonder_n to_o hear_v a_o man_n sometime_o to_o tell_v his_o dream_n for_o a_o truth_n or_o to_o take_v it_o for_o a_o vision_n chap._n iv._o 1._o discourse_n 2._o the_o cause_n of_o coherence_n of_o thought_n 3._o range_v 4._o sagacity_n 5._o reminiscence_n 6._o experience_n 7._o expectation_n 8._o conjecture_n 9_o sign_n 10._o prudence_n 11._o caveat_n of_o conclude_v from_o experience_n 1._o the_o succession_n of_o conception_n in_o the_o mind_n series_n or_o consequence_n of_o one_o after_o another_o may_v be_v casual_a and_o incoherent_a as_o in_o dream_n for_o the_o most_o part_n and_o it_o may_v be_v orderly_o as_o when_o the_o former_a thought_n introduce_v the_o latter_a and_o this_o be_v discourse_n of_o the_o mind_n but_o because_o the_o word_n discourse_n be_v common_o take_v for_o the_o coherence_n and_o consequence_n of_o word_n i_o will_v to_o avoid_v equivocation_n call_v it_o discursion_n 2._o the_o cause_n of_o the_o coherence_n or_o consequence_n of_o one_o conception_n to_o another_o be_v their_o first_o coherence_n or_o consequence_n at_o that_o time_n when_o they_o be_v produce_v by_o sense_n as_o for_o example_n from_o st._n andrew_n the_o mind_n run_v to_o st._n peter_n because_o their_o name_n be_v read_v together_o from_o s._n peter_n to_o a_o stone_n for_o the_o same_o cause_n from_o stone_n to_o foundation_n because_o we_o see_v they_o together_o and_o for_o the_o same_o cause_n from_o foundation_n to_o church_n and_o from_o church_n to_o people_n and_o from_o people_n to_o tumult_n and_o according_a to_o this_o example_n the_o mind_n may_v run_v almost_o from_o any_o thing_n to_o any_o
out-go_v who_o we_o will_v not_o be_v indignation_n to_o hold_v fast_o by_o another_o be_v to_o love_v to_o carry_v he_o on_o that_o so_o hold_v be_v charity_n to_o hurt_v one_o self_n for_o haste_n be_v shame_n continual_o to_o be_v outgo_v be_v misery_n continual_o to_o out-go_v the_o next_o before_o be_v felicity_n and_o to_o forsake_v the_o course_n be_v to_o die_v chap._n x._o 1._o have_v show_v in_o the_o precedent_a chapter_n that_o sense_n proceed_v from_o the_o action_n of_o external_a object_n upon_o the_o brain_n or_o some_o internal_a substance_n of_o the_o head_n and_o that_o the_o passion_n proceed_v from_o the_o alteration_n there_o make_v and_o continue_v to_o the_o heart_n it_o be_v consequent_a in_o the_o next_o place_n see_v the_o diversity_n of_o degree_n in_o knowledge_n in_o divers_a man_n to_o be_v great_a than_o may_v be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o divers_a temper_n of_o their_o brain_n to_o declare_v what_o other_o cause_n may_v produce_v such_o odds_n and_o excess_n of_o capacity_n as_o we_o daily_o observe_v in_o one_o man_n above_o another_o as_o for_o that_o difference_n which_o arise_v from_o sickness_n and_o such_o accidental_a distemper_n i_o omit_v the_o same_o as_o impertinent_a to_o this_o place_n and_o consider_v it_o only_o in_o such_o as_o have_v their_o health_n and_o organ_n well_o dispose_v if_o the_o difference_n be_v in_o the_o natural_a temper_n of_o the_o brain_n i_o can_v imagine_v no_o reason_n why_o the_o same_o shall_v not_o appear_v first_o and_o most_o of_o all_o in_o the_o sense_n which_o be_v equal_a both_o in_o the_o wise_a and_o less_o wise_a infer_v a_o equal_a temper_n in_o the_o common_a organ_n namely_o the_o brain_n of_o all_o the_o sense_n 2._o but_o we_o see_v by_o experience_n that_o joy_n and_o grief_n proceed_v not_o in_o all_o man_n from_o the_o same_o cause_n and_o that_o man_n differ_v very_o much_o in_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o body_n whereby_o that_o which_o help_v and_o further_v vital_a constitution_n in_o one_o and_o be_v therefore_o delightful_a hinder_v it_o and_o cross_v it_o in_o another_o and_o therefore_o cause_v grief_n the_o difference_n therefore_o of_o wit_n have_v its_o original_a from_o the_o different_a passion_n and_o from_o the_o end_n to_o which_o the_o appetite_n lead_v they_o 3._o and_o first_o those_o man_n who_o end_n be_v sensual_a delight_n and_o general_o be_v addict_v to_o ease_n food_n oneration_n and_o exoneration_n of_o the_o body_n must_v needs_o be_v the_o less_o thereby_o delight_v with_o those_o imagination_n that_o conduce_v not_o to_o those_o end_n such_o as_o be_v imagination_n of_o honour_n and_o glory_n which_o as_o i_o have_v say_v before_o have_v respect_n to_o the_o future_a for_o sensuality_n consist_v in_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o sense_n which_o please_v only_o for_o the_o present_a and_o take_v away_o the_o inclination_n to_o observe_v such_o thing_n as_o conduce_v to_o honour_n and_o consequent_o make_v man_n less_o curious_a and_o less_o ambitious_a whereby_o they_o less_o consider_v the_o way_n either_o to_o knowledge_n or_o other_o power_n in_o which_o two_o consist_v all_o the_o excellency_n of_o power_n cognitive_a and_o this_o be_v it_o which_o man_n call_v dulness_n and_o proceed_v from_o the_o appetite_n of_o sensual_a or_o bodily_a delight_n and_o it_o may_v well_o be_v conjecture_v that_o such_o passion_n have_v its_o beginning_n from_o a_o grossness_n and_o difficulty_n of_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n about_o the_o heart_n 4._o the_o contrary_a hereunto_o be_v that_o quick_a range_n of_o mind_n describe_v chap._n 4._o sect._n 3._o which_o be_v join_v with_o curiosity_n of_o compare_v the_o thing_n that_o come_v into_o the_o mind_n one_o with_o another_o in_o which_o comparison_n a_o man_n delight_v himself_o either_o with_o find_v unexpected_a similitude_n of_o thing_n otherwise_o much_o unlike_o in_o which_o man_n place_v the_o excellency_n of_o fancy_n and_o from_o whence_o proceed_v those_o grateful_a simile_n metaphor_n and_o other_o trope_n by_o which_o both_o poet_n and_o orator_n have_v it_o in_o their_o power_n to_o make_v thing_n please_v or_o displease_v and_o show_v well_o or_o ill_a to_o other_o as_o they_o like_v themselves_o or_o else_o in_o discern_v sudden_o dissimilitude_n in_o thing_n that_o otherwise_o appear_v the_o same_o and_o this_o virtue_n of_o the_o mind_n be_v that_o by_o which_o man_n attain_v to_o exact_v and_o perfect_a knowledge_n and_o the_o pleasure_n thereof_o consist_v in_o continual_a instruction_n and_o in_o distinction_n of_o place_n person_n and_o season_n and_o be_v common_o term_v by_o the_o name_n of_o judgement_n for_o to_o judge_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o to_o distinguish_v or_o discern_v and_o both_o fancy_n and_o judgement_n be_v common_o comprehend_v under_o the_o name_n of_o wit_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o tenuity_n and_o agility_n of_o spirit_n contrary_a to_o that_o restiness_n of_o the_o spirit_n suppose_v in_o those_o that_o be_v dull_a 5._o there_o be_v another_o defect_n of_o the_o mind_n which_o man_n call_v levity_n which_o betray_v also_o mobility_n in_o the_o spirit_n but_o in_o excess_n a_o example_n whereof_o be_v in_o they_o that_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o any_o serious_a discourse_n have_v their_o mind_n divert_v to_o every_o little_a jest_n or_o witty_a observation_n which_o make_v they_o depart_v from_o their_o discourse_n by_o a_o parenthesis_n and_o from_o that_o parenthesis_n by_o another_o till_o at_o length_n they_o either_o lose_v themselves_o or_o make_v their_o narration_n like_o a_o dream_n or_o some_o study_a nonsense_n the_o passion_n from_o whence_o this_o proceed_v be_v curiosity_n but_o with_o too_o much_o equality_n and_o indifference_n for_o when_o all_o thing_n make_v equal_a impression_n and_o delight_n they_o equal_o throng_v to_o be_v express_v 6._o the_o virtue_n opposite_a to_o this_o defect_n be_v gravity_n or_o steadiness_n in_o which_o the_o end_n be_v the_o great_a and_o master-delight_n direct_v and_o keep_v in_o the_o way_n thereto_o all_o other_o thought_n 7._o the_o extremity_n of_o dulness_n be_v that_o natural_a folly_n which_o may_v be_v call_v stolidity_n but_o the_o extreme_a of_o levity_n though_o it_o be_v natural_a folly_n distinct_a from_o the_o other_o and_o obvious_a to_o every_o man_n observation_n i_o know_v not_o how_o to_o call_v it_o 8._o there_o be_v a_o fault_n of_o the_o mind_n call_v by_o the_o greek_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o which_o be_v indocibility_n or_o difficulty_n of_o be_v teach_v the_o which_o must_v needs_o arise_v from_o a_o false_a opinion_n that_o they_o know_v already_o the_o truth_n of_o that_o be_v call_v in_o question_n for_o certain_o man_n be_v not_o otherwise_o so_o unequal_a in_o capacity_n as_o the_o evidence_n be_v unequal_a between_o what_o be_v teach_v by_o the_o mathematician_n and_o what_o be_v common_o discourse_v of_o in_o other_o book_n and_o therefore_o if_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n be_v all_o of_o white_a paper_n they_o will_v all_o most_o equal_o be_v dispose_v to_o acknowledge_v whatsoever_o shall_v be_v in_o right_a method_n and_o by_o right_a ratiocination_n deliver_v to_o they_o but_o when_o man_n have_v once_o acquiesce_v in_o untrue_a opinion_n and_o register_v they_o as_o authentical_a record_n in_o their_o mind_n it_o be_v no_o less_o impossible_a to_o speak_v intelligible_o to_o such_o man_n than_o to_o write_v legible_o upon_o a_o paper_n already_o scribble_v over_o the_o immediate_a cause_n therefore_o of_o indocibility_n be_v prejudice_n and_o of_o prejudice_n false_a opinion_n of_o our_o own_o knowledge_n 9_o another_o and_o a_o principal_a defect_n of_o the_o mind_n be_v that_o which_o man_n call_v madness_n which_o appear_v to_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o some_o imagination_n of_o some_o such_o predominancy_n above_o the_o rest_n that_o we_o have_v no_o passion_n but_o from_o it_o and_o this_o conception_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o excessive_a vain_a glory_n or_o vain_a dejection_n which_o be_v most_o probable_a by_o these_o example_n follow_v which_o proceed_v in_o appearance_n every_o one_o of_o they_o from_o pride_n or_o some_o dejection_n of_o mind_n as_o first_o we_o have_v have_v the_o example_n of_o one_o that_o preach_v in_o cheapside_n from_o a_o cart_n there_o instead_o of_o a_o pulpit_n that_o he_o himself_o be_v christ_n which_o be_v spiritual_a pride_n or_o madness_n we_o have_v have_v also_o divers_a example_n of_o learned_a madness_n in_o which_o man_n have_v manifest_o be_v distract_v upon_o any_o occasion_n that_o have_v put_v they_o in_o remembrance_n of_o their_o own_o ability_n among_o the_o learned_a man_n may_v be_v remember_v i_o think_v also_o those_o that_o determine_v of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o world_n end_n and_o other_o such_o the_o point_n of_o prophecy_n and_o the_o gallant_a madness_n of_o don_n quixotte_n be_v nothing_o else_o 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