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27. Ideas of space and solidity

distinct.

28. Men differ little in clear Of duration and expansion con.

simple ideas.

12. This train, the measure

of other successions.

13-15. The mind cannot fix long

on one invariable idea.

16. Ideas, however made, in-

include no sense of mo-

tion.

17. Time is duration set out
by measures.

18. A good measure of time
must divide its whole
duration into equal pe-
riods.

19. The revolutions of the fun
and moon, the properest
measures of time.

20. But not by their motion,

but periodical appear.

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 necessary mea-
sures of duration.

24-26. Our measure of time ap-

plicable to duration be-

fore time.

17-30. Eternity.

CHAP. XV.

sidered together.

SECT.

1. Both capable of greater

and less.

2. Expansion not bounded

by matter.

3. Nor duration by motion.

4. Why men more easily ad-

mit infinite duration,

than infinite expansion.

5. Time to duration, is as

place to expansion.

6. Time and place are taken

for so much of either as

are set out by the exis-

tence and motion of bo-

dres.

7. Sometimes for so much

of either as we design by

measure taken from the

bulk or motion of bo-

dies.

8. They belong to all be-

ings.

9. All the parts of extension,
are extension; and all the
parts of duration are du.
ration.

10. Their parts inseparable.
11. Duration is as a line, ex-
pansion as a solid.,

12. Duration has never two
parts together, expansion
all together.

CHAP. XVI.

SECT.

Of number.

1. Number, the simplest and

most universal idea.

2. Its modes made by ad-
dition.

3. Each mode distinct.
4. Therefore demonstrations

in numbers the most pre-

oise.

6. Names necessary to num-

bers.

7. Why

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4. Our idea of space bound.

less.

5. And so of duration.

6. Why other ideas are not
capable of infinity.

7. Difference between infi.

nity of space and space

infinite.

8. We have no idea of in.

finite space.

9. Number affords us the

clearest idea of infinity.

10, 11. Our different conception

of the infinity of num.

ber, duration, and ex-

pansion.

12. Infinite divisibility.

13, 14. No positive idea of in-

finity.

15-19. What is positive, what

negative, in our idea of

infinite.

16, 17. We have no positive idea

of infinite duration.

18. No positive idea of infi-
nite space.

20. Some think they have a
positive idea of eternity,
and not of infinite space.
21. Supposed positive idea of
infinity, cause of mis-
takes.

22. All these ideas from

sensation and reflection.

18. These

CHAP. ΧΧΙ.

36. Because the removal of

uneasiness is the first step:

to happiness.

37. Because uneasiness alone

is present.

38. Because all, who allow the

joys of heaven possible,

pursue them not. But a

great uneasiness is never

neglected.

39. Desire accompanies all

uneasiness.

40. The most pressing uneasi-

ness naturally determines

the will.

41. All desire happiness.

42. Happiness, what.

43. What good is desired,

what not.

44. Why the greatest good is

not always desired.

45. Why, not being desired,

it moves not the will.

46. Due consideration raises

desire.

47. The power to suspend the

prosecution of any desire,

makes way for conside-

ration.

48. To be determined by our
own judgment, is no re-
straint to liberty.

49. The freest agents are so

determined.

50. A constant determination

to a pursuit of happi-

ness, no abridgment of

liberty.

51. The necessity of pursuing

true happiness, the foun.

dation of all liberty.

52. The reason of it.

53. Government of our pas-

sions, the right improve.

ment of liberty.

determines the will.

34. This the spring of action,

different courses.

56. How men come to choose

35. The greatest positive good

ill.

determines not the will,

but uneasiness.

57. First, from bodily pains.

Secondly, from wrongde.
6. Why words in one lan-
guage have none answer-
ing in another.

SECT.

1. Mixed modes,' what.
2. Made by the mind.
3. Sometimes got by the ex-
plication of their names.
4. The name ties the parts
of the mixed modes into
one idea.

5. The cause of making
mixed modes.

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7. And languages change.

8. Mixed modes, where they

exist.

9. How we get the ideas of
mixed modes.

10. Motion, thinking, and

11. The now secondary qua.
lities of bodies would dis-
appear, if we could disco-
ver the primary ones of
their minute parts.

12. Our faculties of of discovery
suited to our state.
13. Conjecture about spirits.
14. Complex ideas of sub-

stances.

15. Idea of spiritual sub-
stantes, as clear as of
bodily substances.

16. No idea of abstract sub.

stance.

17. The cohesion of solid

parts, and impulse, the
primary ideas of body.
18. Thinking
18. Thinking and motivity

5. Change of relation may

be without any change

in the subject.

6. Relation only betwixt two
things.

7. All things capable of re-
lation.

8. The ideas of relation
clearer often, than of the
subjects related.

9. Relations all terminate in

simple ideas.

10. Terms leading the mind

beyond the subjectsdeno.

minated, are relative.

11. Conclusion.

CHAP. XXVII.

Of identity and diversity.

the primary ideas of spi-

rit.

19-21. Spirits capable of mo-

tion.

22. Idea of soul and body
compared.

23-27. Cohesion of solid parts in
body, as hard to be con-
ceived, as thinking in a
soul.

28, 29. Communication of motion

by impulse, or by thought,

equally intelligible.

30. Ideas of body and spirit

compared.

31. The notion of spirit in-

volves no more difficulty
in it than that of body.

32. We know nothing beyond

our simple ideas.

33-35. Idea of God.

36. No ideas in our complex

one of spirits, but those

got from sensation or re-
ffection.

37. Recapitulation.

CHAP.

XXIV.

Of collective ideas of substance.
SECT.

1. One idea.

2. Made by the power of

composing in the mind.

3. All art icial things are

collective ideas.

CHAP. XXV.

SECT.

Of relation.

1. Relation, what.

2. Relations, without corre-

lative terms, not easily
perceived.

3. Some seemingly absolute
terms contain relations.

4. Relation different from
the things related.

SECT.

1. Wherein identity con-

sists.

2. Identity of substances.

Identity of modes.

3. Principium individuatio.

nis.

4. Identity of vegetables.
5. Identity of animals.

6. Identity of man.

7. Identity suited to the

idea.

8. Same man.

9. Personal identity.

10. Consciousness makes per-

sonal identity.

11. Personal

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