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... Several words feeming to fignify action , fignify but the effect . 12. Mixed modes , made alfo of other ideas . CHAP . XXIII . Of the complex ideas of substances . SECT . 1. Ideas of fubftances , how made . 2. Our idea of fubftance in ...
... Several words feeming to fignify action , fignify but the effect . 12. Mixed modes , made alfo of other ideas . CHAP . XXIII . Of the complex ideas of substances . SECT . 1. Ideas of fubftances , how made . 2. Our idea of fubftance in ...
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... several effe fignified by the fame na 32. The more general our ic are , the more incomp and partial they are . 33. This all accommodated the end of fpeech . 34. Inftance in caffuaris . 35. Men make the fpecies . ftance gold . 36. Though ...
... several effe fignified by the fame na 32. The more general our ic are , the more incomp and partial they are . 33. This all accommodated the end of fpeech . 34. Inftance in caffuaris . 35. Men make the fpecies . ftance gold . 36. Though ...
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... several general propofitions , that meet with con- innate , stant and ready affent , as foon as propofed to men grown up , who have attained the use of more general and abstract ideas , and names ftanding for them ; yet they not being ...
... several general propofitions , that meet with con- innate , stant and ready affent , as foon as propofed to men grown up , who have attained the use of more general and abstract ideas , and names ftanding for them ; yet they not being ...
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... several propofi- tions , not allowed to be innate , equally partake in with them ; and fince the affent that is given them , is pro- duced another way , and comes not from natural in- fcription , as I doubt not but to make appear in the ...
... several propofi- tions , not allowed to be innate , equally partake in with them ; and fince the affent that is given them , is pro- duced another way , and comes not from natural in- fcription , as I doubt not but to make appear in the ...
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... several degrees and ranks of creatures in it . § . 13. We may , I think , from the make of an oyster , or cockle , reasonably conclude that it has not fo many , nor fo quick fenfes , as a man , or several other animals ; nor if it had ...
... several degrees and ranks of creatures in it . § . 13. We may , I think , from the make of an oyster , or cockle , reasonably conclude that it has not fo many , nor fo quick fenfes , as a man , or several other animals ; nor if it had ...
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