1. Mixed modes, what. 2. Made by the mind. 3. Sometimes got by the explication of their names. 4. The name ties the parts of the mixed modes into one idea, 5. The cause of making mixed modes. 6. Why words in one language have none answering in another. 7. And languages change. 8. Mixed modes, where they exist. 9. How we get the ideas of mixed modes. 10. Motion, thinking, and power, have been most modified. 11. Several words seeming to signify action, signify but the effect. 12. Mixed modes, made also of other ideas. M he Und 21. $7. nand a re d. § 6. being. 8. Not pre 21. § 23. by anxiety. D. § 1. OF HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. BOOK I. CHAP. I. Introduction. §. 1. SINCE it is the understanding, that An enquiry useful. sets man above the rest of sensible beings, into the unand gives him all the advantage and domi- derstanding, nion, which he has over them; it is cer- pleasant and tainly a subject, even for its nobleness, worth our labour to enquire into. The understanding, like the eye, whilst it makes us see and perceive all other things, takes no notice of itself; and it requires art and pains to set it at a distance, and make it its own object. But, whatever be the difficulties that lie in the way of this enquiry; whatever it be, that keeps us so much in the dark to ourselves; sure I am, that all the light we can let in upon our own minds, all the acquaintance we can make with our own understandings, will not only be very pleasant, but bring us great advantage, in directing our thoughts in the search of other things. §. 2. This, therefore, being my purpose, Design. to enquire into the original, certainty, and extent of human knowledge; together with the grounds and degrees of belief, opinion, and assent; I shall not at present meddle with the physical consideration of the mind; or trouble myself to examine, wherein its essence consists, or by what motions of our spirits, |