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involve_v we_o whether_o we_o grant_v or_o deny_v it_o in_o consequence_n impossible_a to_o be_v explicate_v or_o make_v consistent_a we_o have_v therefore_o as_o much_o reason_n to_o be_v satisfy_v with_o our_o notion_n of_o spirit_n as_o with_o our_o notion_n of_o body_n and_o the_o existence_n of_o the_o one_o as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o we_o have_v no_o other_o idea_n of_o the_o supreme_a be_v but_o a_o complex_fw-la one_o of_o existence_n power_n knowledge_n duration_n pleasure_n happiness_n and_o of_o several_a other_o quality_n and_o power_n which_o it_o be_v better_a to_o have_v than_o be_v without_o with_o the_o addition_n of_o infinite_a to_o each_o of_o these_o in_o which_o complex_n idea_n we_o may_v observe_v that_o there_o be_v no_o simple_a one_o bate_v infinity_o which_o be_v not_o also_o a_o part_n of_o our_o complex_fw-la idea_n of_o other_o spirit_n because_o in_o our_o idea_n as_o well_o of_o spirit_n as_o other_o thing_n we_o be_v restrain_v to_o those_o we_o 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 the_o compare_v of_o one_o thing_n with_o another_o when_o the_o mind_n so_o consider_v one_o thing_n that_o it_o do_v as_o it_o be_v bring_v it_o to_o and_o set_v it_o by_o another_o and_o carry_v its_o view_n from_o one_o to_o the_o other_o this_o be_v relation_n or_o respect_n and_o the_o denomination_n give_v to_o thing_n intimate_v that_o respect_n be_v what_o we_o call_v relative_n and_o the_o thing_n so_o bring_v together_o relate_v thus_o when_o i_o call_v cajus_n husband_n or_o white_a i_o intimate_v some_o other_o person_n or_o thing_n in_o both_o case_n with_o which_o i_o compare_v he_o any_o of_o our_o idea_n may_v be_v the_o foundation_n of_o relation_n where_o language_n have_v fail_v to_o give_v correlative_a name_n there_o the_o relation_n be_v not_o so_o easy_o take_v notice_n of_o as_o in_o concubine_n which_o be_v a_o relative_n name_n as_o well_o as_o wife_n the_o idea_n of_o
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idea_n which_o yet_o upon_o hear_v they_o be_v apt_a to_o excite_v in_o we_o whatsoever_o the_o mind_n perceive_v in_o itself_o or_o be_v the_o immediate_a object_n of_o perception_n thought_n or_o understanding_n that_o i_o call_v a_o idea_n and_o the_o power_n to_o produce_v any_o idea_n in_o our_o mind_n i_o call_v the_o quality_n of_o the_o subject_n wherein_o that_o power_n be_v thus_o a_o snowball_n have_v the_o power_n to_o produce_v in_o we_o the_o idea_n of_o white_a cold_a and_o round_a those_o power_n as_o they_o be_v in_o the_o snowball_n i_o call_v quality_n and_o as_o they_o be_v sensation_n or_o perception_n in_o our_o understanding_n i_o call_v they_o idea_n which_o idea_n if_o i_o speak_v of_o sometime_o as_o in_o the_o thing_n themselves_o i_o will_v be_v understand_v to_o mean_v those_o quality_n in_o the_o object_n which_o produce_v they_o in_o we_o these_o quality_n be_v of_o two_o sort_n first_o original_a or_o primary_n such_o be_v solidity_n extension_n motion_n or_o rest_n number_n and_o figure_n these_o be_v inseparable_a from_o body_n and_o such_o as_o it_o constant_o keep_v in_o all_o its_o change_n and_o alteration_n thus_o take_v a_o grain_n of_o wheat_n divide_v it_o into_o two_o part_n each_o part_n have_v still_o solidity_n extension_n figure_n mobility_n divide_v it_o again_o and_o it_o still_o retain_v the_o same_o quality_n and_o will_v do_v so_o still_o tho'_o you_o divide_v it_o on_o till_o the_o part_n become_v insensible_a the_o next_o thing_n to_o be_v consider_v be_v how_o body_n operate_v upon_o one_o another_o and_o that_o be_v manifest_o by_o impulse_n and_o nothing_o else_o for_o body_n can_v operate_v on_o what_o it_o do_v not_o touch_v nor_o when_o it_o do_v touch_v any_o other_o way_n than_o by_o motion_n if_o so_o then_o when_o external_a object_n which_o be_v not_o unite_v to_o our_o mind_n produce_v idea_n in_o we_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o some_o motion_n must_v be_v thence_o continue_v by_o our_o nerve_n or_o animal_n spirit_n to_o the_o brain_n or_o seat_n of_o sensation_n and_o since_o extension_n figure_n motion_n etc._n etc._n may_v be_v perceive_v at_o a_o distance_n by_o the_o sight_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o some_o body_n must_v come_v from_o they_o to_o the_o eye_n and_o thereby_o convey_v to_o the_o brain_n some_o motion_n which_o produce_v those_o idea_n we_o have_v in_o we_o second_o secondary_a quality_n such_o as_o colour_n smell_v taste_n sound_n &c_n &c_n which_o whatever_a reality_n we_o by_o mistake_n may_v attribute_v to_o they_o be_v in_o truth_n nothing_o in_o the_o object_n themselves_o but_o power_n to_o produce_v various_a sensation_n in_o we_o and_o depend_v on_o the_o quality_n beforementioned_a the_o idea_n of_o primary_n quality_n of_o body_n be_v resemblance_n of_o they_o and_o their_o pattern_n real_o exist_v in_o body_n themselves_o but_o the_o idea_n produce_v in_o we_o by_o secundary_a quality_n have_v no_o resemblance_n of_o they_o at_o all_o and_o what_o 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eye_n see_v light_a or_o colour_n nor_o the_o ear_n hear_v sound_n let_v the_o palate_n not_o taste_n or_o the_o nose_n smell_v and_o all_o colour_n taste_n odour_n and_o sound_v as_o they_o be_v such_o particular_a idea_n vanish_v and_o cease_v and_o be_v reduce_v to_o their_o cause_n that_o be_v bulk_n motion_n figure_n etc._n etc._n of_o part_n these_o secondary_a quality_n be_v of_o two_o sort_n first_o immediate_o perceivable_a which_o by_o immediate_o operate_n on_o our_o body_n produce_v several_a different_a idea_n in_o we_o second_o mediate_o perceivable_a which_o by_o operate_n on_o other_o body_n change_v their_o primary_n quality_n so_o as_o to_o render_v they_o capable_a of_o produce_v idea_n in_o we_o different_a from_o what_o they_o do_v before_o these_o last_o be_v power_n in_o body_n which_o proceed_v from_o the_o particular_a constitution_n of_o those_o primary_n and_o original_a quality_n to_o make_v such_o a_o change_n in_o the_o bulk_n figure_n texture_n etc._n 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