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7. Brutes compound but little.
8. Naming.

9. Abstraction..

10, 11. Brutes abstract not.

12, 13. Idiots and Madmen.

14. Method.

15. These are the Beginnings of Human Knowledge.
16. Appeal to Experience.

17. Dark Room.

SECT.

CHAP. XII.

Of complex Ideas:

1. Made by the Mind out of fimple ones.
2. Made voluntarily.

3. Are either Modes, Subftances, or Relations,
4. Modes.

5. Simple and mixed Modes..

6. Subftances fingle or collective..

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11-14. Extenfion and Body not the fame.

15. The Definition of Extenfion explains it not
16. Divifion of Beings into Bodies and Spirits, proves
not Space and Body the fame.

17,18. Subftance which we know not, no Proof against
Space without Body.

19,20. Subftance and Accidents of little ufe in Philo....
fophy.

21. A Vacuum beyond the utmost Bounds of Body.
22. The Power of Annihilation proves a Vacuum..
Motion proves a Vacuum.

23.

24. The Ideas of Space and Body distinct..

25,26. Extenfion being infeparable from Body, proves

it not the fame.

27. Ideas of Space and Solidity diftinct.
28. Men differ little in clear fimple Ideas.
CHAP. XIV.

SECT.

Of Duration and its fimple Modes.

1. Duration is fleeting Extenfion..

2-4. 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 Succeffion not from Motion.

9-11. The Train of Ideas has a certain degree of
Quicknefs.

12. This Train, the measure of other Succeffions.
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 Measures.

18. A good Measure of Time must divide its whole
Duration into equal Periods.

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19. The Revolutions of the Sun and Moon, the pro
pereft Measures of Time.'

20. But not by their Motion, but periodical Appear-

ances.

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 Meaf
ures of Duration

24-26. Our Measure of Time applicable to Duration.
before Time..

27-31. Eternity.

CHAP: XV.

Of Duration and Expanfion confidered together..
SECT.

1. Both capable of greater and lefs.
2. Expansion not bounded by Matter.

3. Nor Duration by Motion.

4. Why Men more easily admit infinite Duration
than infinite Expansion.

5. Time to Duration, is as Place to Expanfion.
6. Time and Place are taken for fo much of either as
are set out by theexistence and motion of Bodies.
7. Sometimes for so much of either as we defign by
Measure taken from the Bulk or Motion of Bodies.
8. They belong to all Beings.

9. All the parts of Extenfion, are Extenfion; and all
the parts of Duration, are Duration.

10. Their parts infeparable.

11. Duration is as a Line, Expanfion as a Solid.
12. Duration has never two Parts together, Expansion
all together.

SECT.

CHAP. XVI.

Of Number

1. Number, the fimpleft and moft univerfal Idea.
2. Its Modes made by Addition.

3. Each Mode distinct.

4. Therefore Demonstrations in Numbers the most
precife.

5, 6. Names neceffary to Numbers.

7. Why children number not earlier.

8. Number measures all Measurables.

SECT.

CHAP. XVII.
Of Infinity.

1. Infinity, in its original intention, attributed to
Space Duration, and Number.

2. The Idea of Finite eafily got.

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 Space, 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 Divisibility.

13, 14.7

15, 16. S
17, 18.

19.

No pofitive Idea of Infinite.

What is pofitive, what negative in our

Idea of Infinite.

20. Some think they have a positive Idea of Eternity,
and not of infinite Space.

21. Suppofed pofitive Idea of Infinity, Caufe of Mif-
takes.

22. All these Ideas from fenfation and reflection.

SECT.

CHAP. XVIII.
Of other Simple Modes.

1, 2. Modes of Motions.

3. Modes of Sounds.

4. Modes of Colours.

5, 6. Modes of Tafte.

7. Why fome Modes have, & others have not names.
CHAP. XIX.

SECT.

Of the Modes of Thinking.

1, 2. Senfation, Remembrance, Contemplation, &c.
3. The various Attention of the Mind in Thinking..
4. Hence it is probable that Thinking is the Action,
not Effence of the Soul.

CHAP. XX.

SECT. Of Modes of Pleafure and Pain.
1. Pleafure and Pain fimple Ideas.

2. Good and Evil what.

3. Our Paffions move by Good and Evil.

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18. These Inftances do fhow how our Ideas of the
Paffions are got from fenfation and Reflection,

SECT.

CHAP. XXI.
Of Power.

1. This Idea how got.

2. Power active and paffive.

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3. Power includes Relatives.

4. The cleareft Idea of active Power, had from Spirit.
5. Will and understanding, two Powers.

6. Faculties.

7. Whence the Ideas of Liberty and Neceffity.
8. Liberty what.

9. Suppofes Understanding and Will.

10. Belongs not to Volition.

11. Voluntary opposed to involuntary, not to neceffary.
12. Liberty what.

13. Neceffity what.

14-20. Liberty belongs not to the Will.

21. But to the Agent or Man.

22-24. In respect of willing, a Man is not free.

25, 26, 27. The Will determined by fomething without it.

28. Volition what.

29. What determines the Will.

30. Will and Defire must not be confounded.

31. Uneafinefs determines the Will.

32. Defire is uneafinefs.

33. The Uneafinefs of Defire determines the Will.
34. This the Spring of Action.

35. The greateft pofitive Good determines not the Will,
but Uneafinefs.

36. Because the Removal of Uneafinefs is the first step to
Happiness.

37. Becaufe Uuneafinefs alone is present.

38. Because all who allow the Joys of Heaven poffible,
pursue them not. But a great Uneafinefs is never
neglected,

39. Defire accompanies all Uneafinefs.

40. The most preffing Uneafinefs naturally determines the
Will.

41. All Defire Happinefs.

42. Happiness what,

43. What Good is defired, what not.

44. Why the greatest Good is not always defired.

45. Why not being defired, it moves not the Will.

46. Due confideration raises Defire.

47. The Power to fufpend the Profecution of any Defire,
makes way for Confideration.

48. To be determined by our own Judgment, is no Re-
ftraint to Liberty.

49. The freeft Agents are fo determined.

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