brSECT. SECT. od 27. Not innate, because they appearing 21. Contrary principles in the world. Jeaft where what is innate fhews itself cleareft. 28. Recapitulation. 22-26. How men commonly come by their principles. 27. Principles must be examined. BOOK II. SECT. bral 5. All our ideas are of the one or the other of thefe. 6. Obfervable in children. 7. Men are differently furnished with thefe, according to the different objects they converse with. 8. Ideas of reflection later, because they need attention. 9. The foul begins to have ideas, when it begins to perceive. 10. The foul thinks not always; for this wants proofs. LI. It is not always confcious of it. 12. If a fleeping man thinks, without knowing it, the fleeping and waking man are two perfons. 13. Impoffible to convince thofe that fleep, without dreaming, that they think. 14. That men dream without remembering it, in vain urged. 15. Upon this hypothefis, the thoughts Of fimple ideas by more than one fenfe. of a fleeping man ought to be moft rational. 16. On this hypothefis, the foul muft. have ideas, not derived from fenfation or reflection, of which there is no appearance. 17. If I think, when I know it not, no body elfe can know it. 18. How knows any one that the foul always thinks? For if it be badi ye not a felf-evident propofition, it needs proof. CHAP. VI. Of fimple ideas of reflection. SECT. 1. Are the operations of the mind about its other ideas? 2. The idea of perception, and idea of willing, we have from reflection. CHA P. VII. 19. That a man should be bufy in Of fimple ideas, both of fensation and thinking, and yet not retain it the next moment, very improbable. 20-23. No ideas, but from fenfation or reflection, evident, if we obferve children. 3 24. The original of all our knowledge. 25. In the reception of fimple ideas, the understanding is most of all paffive. SECT. reflection 22. The power of annihilation, proves a v vacuum. Motion proves a vacuum. 24. The ideas of space and body dif 25, 26. Extenfion being infeparable from. body, proves it not the fame. 27. Ideas of fpace and folidity diftinct. 28. Men differ little in clear fimple ideas. CHA P. XIV. Of duration, and its fimple modes. 1. Duration is fleeting extenfion. Its idea from reflection on the train of our ideas. 5. The idea of duration, applicable to things whilft we fleep. 6-8. The idea of fucceffion, not from motion. 9-11. The train of ideas has a certain. degree of quickness. 12. This train the measure of other fucceffions. 13-15. The mind cannot fix long on one. invariable idea. 16. Ideas, however made, include no fenfe of motion. 17. Time is duration fet out by mea fures. 18. A good measure of time must divide its whole duration into equal periods. 19. The revolutions of the fun and moon, the propereft measures of time. 20. But not by their motion, but pe riodical appearances. 21. No two parts of duration can be certainly known to be equal. 22. Time not the measure of motion. 23. Minutes, hours, and years, not neceffary measures of duration. 24. The measure of time two ways applied. 25-27. Our meafure of time, applicable to duration, before time. 28-32. Eternity. VOL. I. CHAP. XV. Of duration and expanfion confidered together. SECT. 1. Both capable of greater and lefs. 2. Expanfion not bounded by matter. 3. Nor duration by motion. 4. Why men more eafily admit infinite duration, than infinite expanfion. 5. Time to duration, is as place to expansion. 6. Time and place are taken for fo much of either, as are fet out by the existence and motion of bodies. 7. Sometimes for fo much of either, as we defign by measures taken. from the bulk or motion of bodies. They belong to all beings. All the of extenfion, are extenfion; and all the parts of duration, are duration. 8. 9. parts f 3. How SECT. 3. How we come by the idea of infinity. 4. Our idea of space boundless. .5. And fo of duration. 6. Why other ideas are not capable of infinity. 7. Difference between infinity of fpace, and space infinite. 8. We have no idea of infinite space. 9. Number affords us the clearest idea of infinity. 10, 11. Our different conception of the infinity of number, duration, and expansion. 12. Infinite divifibility.. 13, 14. No pofitive idea of infinite. 15. What is pofitive, what negative,. in our idea of infinite. 16, 17. W? no pofitive idea of an infinite duration. 18. No pofitive idea of infinite space.. 19. What is pofitive, what negative, in our idea of infinite. 20. Some think they have a pofitive idea of eternity, and not of infinite space. 21. Suppofed pofitive idea of infinity,.. cause of mistakes.. 22. All these ideas from fenfation and reflection.. 14-20. Liberty belongs not to the will. 21. But to the agent, or man. |