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# Title: An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 38; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 38)
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Space DY Carcher Addicions, remaining sill the lame, he hence taltes the
Idea of insinite Space.
5. 4. This, Ichink, is the way whereby che Mind gers the Idea of
infinite Space. Fisa quite different Consideration to examine, whetler
the Mindhas the Ldeâ oF luch a bonnaless Space actually existine. Cince
Our Ideas are noc alvays Proos othie Lixiltence ot Thinss; but yet lince
chis comes here in our rar, I suppole I may lay, that ve are aptto chint,
that Space in it selFis actuallr boundlels, to which Imasination, the Idea
Ospace ex Expantion ofits selt naturally leads us. Lor it beins consice.
red by us, cither as the Extension ot Bodi, or as exicting by it sclF, With.
outany solid Marter tabing it up, (For oF such a void Space, We have nor
ontr the cdca, but Thareproved, as lchinte, trom the Mocior ot Bodr, ils
necessary existence,) it is impossible the Mind Mould be ever able to tind
or suppose any end ofit, or be Ropp d any vitere, in its proerels in this
Space, hor lar loerer it extends its Phouxhus. Any Bounds made with
Body, even Adamantine Walls, are (0 tar trom putting a Rop tothemind
in its farther proorels in Space and Fxtension, that it rather facilitates and
enlarses it: For(o tar as that Body reaches, (0 tar nio ore cari doube of
FXtention; and Wrhen veare come to the urmost extremits of Body, What
isthere that can there put a Aop and larissic the Mind, that it is at the
end ot Space, When itperceire it is not; nar, wrhen it is laristied chae B0.
dy it sel can more intoit: For it it benecellary for chemotion of Body.
that there Mould be an emper Space, thoueh never (o little hereamongst
Bodies, and it be possible for Body to move in or throush thatempey
Space; nay, it is impossible tor ans particle of Matter to move but into
an empry space, the same possibilier of a Bodies movins into a void
Space, berond the utmost Bounds oF Body, as vell as into a void Space
interspersed amonsst Bodies, will alvazs remain clear and evident, the
Idea OF empey pure Space, irhether within or berond the contines oF alt
Bocies, beine exactly thelame, ditterins noc in Nature, though in Bulk;
and chere beins nothins to hinder Body trom movins into it: S0 thaE
Wvherever the Mind places it selfby any thought, cither amonost Or re-
mote trom all Bocies, it can in this unitorm Idea of Space no-Where find
any bounds, any end; and somust neceslarils conclude it by the verr Na-
ture and Idea oF each part oF it to be actually intinite.
D. 5. Asby the pover re tind in our selves oFrepeatins, as often as e
ill, any Idea ot Space, we set the Idea eimmentur; lo by beins able
to repeat the Idea of any lenoth of Duration e have in our Minds, with
all the eneless addition of Number, e come by the Idea oF Eternitr.
For re find in our selves e cannomore come to an end ot such repeared
Ideas, than we can come to the end of Number, wtrich every ore per-
ceires hecannor. But here again ris another queltion, quite different
trom our having an sdea ot Fternity, t0 hnom whether there vere angreal
Beine, Wtrole Duration has been eternat. Hlechat considers lomerhine
no existing, mult necessarils come ro Comethins crernal, bur havins
spote of this in another place, P Mall Pay here no more ot it, but procced
On to lome other Considerations oF our Idea ot Intinity.
6. 6. IF it De lo, thatour Pdea of intinity besor trom the Pover we ob
serve in our selves, of repeatins wichout end our omn Ideas; IE may be
demanded. Why ve do not attribute Infinity to other Ideas, as Well as
those of Space and Duration; since thes mar be 25 casily, and as osten
repeated in our Mlinds a5 the otter; and vet no body ever thintes et in-
Anite Siveetness, or infinire whireness, though he ean repeat the Idea ot
Siveet or White, as Trequenly as chose Ot a Z ard, or 2 Day. Z0 wtiiet