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# Title: An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 38; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 38)
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Duration and Fixpansion considered together. B00kII.
ThougHIS Carthex EHan GOD exists, or imagine any Expansion Where
Re IS NOL.
5. 3. Sust Poisie in Duration. The Mind bavine eot the Idea of any
lenoth of Duration, can double, multiply, and entarre it, nor onls berond
its OIn, Due berond tho existence os all corporeal Beings, and all the
measures of Time, taken from the great Bodies OF the Norld, and cheir
Motions. But yet erery one casily admits, That though ve matie Dura-
tion boundless, as certainty it is, ve cannot ret extend it berond all Beins.
GOD, everr one easilY allows, Ells Ecernitr; and tis hard eo Aind a Rea-
Ion, Wur anr one Mould doube, that he lilerile Alls Iminenlity: IVis
infinite Beins is certainlr asboundless one ray as another; and methints
it alcribes a little t0o much to Marter, 10 Cay, Where there 15 no B0dY,
there is nothine.
5. 4. FTence, Ithinlc, ve may learn the Realon, uhy every one famili.
arly, and without chelcast helitarion, speales ot, and suppoles Fterniey.
and sicks not to ascribe Infiniey zo Durarion; butis with more doubiine
and relerre, that mans admit, or suppole the Insinity of Space. Therea.
Con whereosseems to me tobethis, That Duration and fixtention beine
uled as natmes ot affections belonging to other Beings, We casily conceire
in GOD intinite Duration, ane We cannot avoid doins (0; DuF nOL AF-
tributite to him excention, bur only to Matrer, Whuch is tinite, e arc
apter ES dOuDE OF The existence OF LxPansion WitHONEMatrOr; OF Wrhich
alone re commonti suppose ic an Aetribure: Atd cherelore wten NeH
pursue their Thouotes ot Spaco, thes are aBF to AoD at ttre contines ot
BodY, as il Spaceere chere ar an end t00, and reactiedno Carther: Or il
their Pdeas upon consideration carry themtarther, yet they term whar is
berond ehe limies oF che Vniverse, imagitari Space; ad it ie ivere no-
thin Because chere isno Body existins in it. Whereas Duration, anrece.
dene ed aIIBody, and the motions ic is mealured by, thez never term
imaxinar, because ir is nerer suppoled void of Tome other real existence.
And il elie nates OP thitos may at aII direct our Thoustus corards ce
OrioinaIS oF MerS Ideas, (a5 P ar apt to thinte they may very much,
oncarhave sccasion to thinte By the naime Duration, Ehat the conci-
huation of FXistence; With a lind or Resisteneo to any destructive FOrco,
and the continuation of Solidier, Cirhich is apt to be contounded witti,
and ilere Will lool into the minure atomical parts of Macrer, is little dit-
Ferene rom Lardness,) ivere thoughe to have some Analosy, arid gave oc
calion ioW ords, Ponear oF hin as Durare and Durum esse. But De chat
as ieWili, this is certain, That wtioever pursaes his on Thouehes, vill
Aind EHem sometimes lanch out besond the extent ot Body, into chie In
finitr ot Space or Expansion; tlie Idea Whereor is diltinet an separate
From Body, and all ocher thinos rhick mar (eothose irho please) bea
lubjea os Parther meditation. CHC. DC elsiCI BFLC B9
5.5.Time in general is to Duration, a5 Place to Fxpansion. They
are o onuch ot ehose boundless, Occars DFFrernity and Immensi
E33 a5 15 set oue and distinguistied from the rest, as iC WerCBY Land
marbss and so are made hse of, to denore the Postion ol sinite rest
Beinos, in respect one eo’anoetier, in those unitorm infinité Oceans ot
Durarion and Space.Thele richeli Consdered, are nochine but Ideas ot
deceervinate Diltanees, trom cerrain Rnoti points fixed in dictinsuittrable
sensible chines, ande suppoled to héep che lae distance one trom ano
cher: V Fxom SucH Doints Axed in tensible Beings We recton, and From
theni v measure sue Portions DE those infinite Onantities, Whien B0
consicered, are châc erhich We cal Fiimc anc PlaCC. For Durarion and
Space