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# Title: An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 38; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 38)
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ldeas of Sensation and Restectosi
C II R L. 1
Os simple Ideas os bost Sensation and Reftection.
Herebe other simple Zdeas, Whrich conrey themselres into the
Mind by alche Ways ot Sersarion and ReRection, vir.
Pleasure, or Deliebe, avel its Oxposite.
Pain, Or Dneasmess.
Pover.
Existence.
Onitr.
6. 2. Delicht, Or Oneasmess, Ote ox other oF them join themselves to
almost all our Ideas, both of Sensation and Reflection: Andthere is scarée
any affection ol our senles trom without, any retiredthoushe oF our Mind
Writhin, which is not able to produce in us pleasure, or pain. By Plea
sure and Pain, I vould he understood to lignisie, Whratsoerer deliohts or
molestsus; Whettier it arises trom thethouxties ot our Minds, or any
thins operatins on our Bodies. Por Whether re call it Satisfaction, De.
listut, Pleature, Fappinels, (5c. On theone side; or Incalinels, Trouble,
Pain, Forment, Anguistr, Miserr, (sc. On the other, they are siII buE
ditterent decrees ot thelame chino, and belons 10 the Idéas of Plealure
and Pain, Delieht or Vreasine(s; Wtich are ehie names I MalI most com
nony usC FOr FHOSe ENO IOrES OF Ideas.
6. 3. The intinitels Wise Auctor oF our Beins, havine siven us the
Porrer over lereral parts of our Bodies, tomove or leep therir at relt, as
ire chinse fic; and also by the motion of them, eo more our selves, and
other contiguous Bodies, in itrich consits all the Actions oF our Body:
HIc harins also siren a porver to our Minds, in several instances, to chule
amonstis Ideas rhichit ill chiinte on, and to pursue the enquirr of this
or thiac Subject, rrith consideration and actention, IO exCItE uS tO therO
Actionso thintins and motion tlat e arccapaple oF, he has beon plea-
Sed tojoin to several Thouctus, and several Senlations, a perception of De-
licht. This if it vere rrholls separated trom all our outrard Senlations,
and inmard Thouots, me Mould hare no reason to preterr one Thouohe
Or ACtion, to another; Neoligenco, tO AEtentiOn; Or MOriOn, tO Rost.
And (o we Mould neither stir our Bodies, nor employ our Minds, but let
Oux Thouohts (iFI marfo callit) run a drist withour anr direction or de-
sion, and sutter ene Ldeas oF our Mincs, litre unrecarded Macorrs, to matie
their appearancesthere, as it happen d, ithout attendins to chem. In
erhich Cate Man, horever turnithed iththe Faculties ot Underltandine
and Will, ould bea veryidle, unactire Creature, and pals his time onty
in a lazy lechargicke Dream. Ir has cheretore vleased our Wile Crea-
tor, to annexto several Objects, and the Ideas Wre reccire tromthem, a5
allo to sereral ot our Thoustus, a concomitant pleature, and that in se.
veral Objects, to several dcorees, that rhose l’aculties he had endored us
richu, mislit not remain Wholly idle, andunemploy dby us.
5. 4. Painhasthe lame efficaer and ule to set us on orte, that Plcasure
has. rebeinsas reacy to emplor our Faculties ro aroid that, 25 t0 pur-
succhc oclier. Ouly ihiis is worthour consideration, ZaL it is ofsen pro
duced
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