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# Title: An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 38; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 38)
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Simple Modes of Space
But a partial consideration is nor separatine. ANan mas consider Light
in elie sun, withoutits Heac; or Mobilies in Body wichout its Extenlion,
rithour chintins oE their separation. Onc is ouly a partial Conlideration.
terminatins in one alone; and the other is a Consideration ol both, 25
existins separaretr.
3. T4. Fhiraly, The Barts oF pure Space, are immovable, wtrich (ol-
lous trom cheir inseparabilier; Morion beins nochins but chanse ot dis
Pance betreen any tiro chinso: Butchis cannot be betreen Parts char are
inseparable; Which cherelore must needs De at pervetual relt onc amon est
anOtHer.
Thus the clear and distinet Idea oP simple Space distinguistres it plain-
IV, and sutticienels from Body; Cince irs Parts are inseparable, immovable,
and ithour resistence tothe Motion ot Body.
G. 25. TF any one asteme, What chis Space, I speak ot, is: Pwillrellhim,
uhen he tells me what his Fxtension iS. FOr t0 (aY, a5 is ulualles done,
That Extension is to have partes extra partes, is to lay onls, That PX
tension iS. Extenson: For Whatam Ithe becter informed in che nature ot
Exrension, Wrhien lam told, That Fxtension is to hare parts that are ex-
iended, exterior to parts that are extended, l. C. Extension consilts of Cx
tended Paris: AS il oneaskins. What a Fibre vas; P Mould ansver him,
Thac it ras a chins made ux of several Fibres: Wouldhehereby beena-
bled to understand wrhat a Fibre as, berterthanhe did betore: Or rather,
evould he not have realon to thint, that my desion mas to matre spore
wich him, rather chan seriouas eo instruct him:
8. 16. Those who contend chat Space and Body are the same, brine
ehis Dilemma: Fither ehis space is Pormethins or nothins; it nochine DC
betreen tmo Bodies, they must neceslarily touch; il it bc allowed to b0
somethins, chey aste, Whecher it be Body or Spirit: Fohich P an-
siver by another Duection, Who toldthem, that thero as, or could b0
nothing but solid Beinss Wrhich could noc thinle, and chinking Beings that
vere not extended: Which is all they mean by the terms Body and Spirit.
8. 17. IE it be demanded (as usually it is) Wrhether this Space void of
Body. De Substance or Accident, I Mall readily ansiver, Pbno nOE; nOr
Mall be alhamed to omn my senorance, rill they chat aste, pew me aclear
dictine Idea ot Substance.
6. 28. Pendearour, as much as Pcan, to deliver my self trom those
Fallacies, Wrhich e are apt to pur uxon our selves, by tatins Words For
Thirss. Er helps nor our lonorance, ro teisu a Unomledse, Where WC
havenone, by matsins a noise with Sounds, without elear and distinct
Sixifications. Names made at pleasure, neither alter the nature ot chines
nor makce us understand them, bur asthier are lions ot, arid sand for csear
and distinct Ideas. And I desire those wrho lay s0 much strels on thelound
OE theso uro Syllables, Substance, to consider, Whether applyins il, 25
Cherdo, tothe insinite incomprehensible CO D, to sinite Spirits, and to
Bod7, it be in the lame sense; and Whether it Rand sor ehie lame Idea,
irten cach ot those chree so different Beines are called Substances: It
f0, Whecher it will not chence tollow, That Ciod, Spirits, and Boc), agree.
irs in the same commonnature of substance, differ not otherwile than
ina bare dicterent modification of that Substance; as a Frec and a Pebble.
beins in the lame sense bodied, and aprecins in the common nature of
Body, differ only in a bare modification ol that common matter; Wrhiet
erill be a very hari Doctrine. IF they Cay, That ther apply it ro G0d,
anite Spirits, and Matrer, in three ditterent lignitications, and that it
ctands for one Idea, Wtren CO D is laid t0 be a Substance; lor anoctier,
When