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# Title: An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 38; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 38)
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Our Ideas of Substances.
Diamonds, and ottier pellucid Bodies. Blood eo the natied F.YC apPEarS
alt red; but by a 500d Microscope, Wherein its lelser parts appear, Mers
only fome terr Crlobules of Red, Wvimming in a pellucid Liquor3 and hou
thele red Crlobules tould appear, it GElastes could be Pound, that yet conic
masnitie them rooo, or 10000 times more, is uncertain.
5. F2. The intinitels wile contriver oFus, and al things about us, hath
Atred our senles, Faculties, and Orsans, to the conveniences ot Lite, and
theBusiness ve have to dohere We are able by our Senles, to Kno, and
distinguist things; and to examine them Cotar, as to apply them to our
Vles, and several vass accommodate che lixisences ot this Lile. We
have insiptit enoush into their admirable Contrivances, and ondertut
Ffects, to admire, and masnitie the Wildom, Pover, and Goodnels ot
etieir Auttor. Such a Rnoledse as chis, which is luited to our present
Condition, We want not Faculties to attain. But it appears not, that Ciod
intended, re Bould have a perfect, clear, and adlequate Rnom ledse ol them:
that perhaps is not in the Comprehention ot any finire Beins. Weare
furnistred with Faculties (dull and reak as they arc) to dilcover enough
in the Creatures, 10 lead is to tHe Rnomledze ot the CreatOr, and the
Hriotrledse ot our Dutr; and we are Arred ell enough ith Abilities, 10
proride For the Conveniences ot livins. These are our Bulinels in this
World: But rere our Senses altered, and made much quicker and acuter,
Ehe axpearanee and outivard Scheme ot thinos vould have quire anorher
FacetOus; and Pam apt to chinte, ould be inconliltent ith our Beins
Or at least well Beinq in this part os the Dnivorle re intrabit. EIe char
Considers, horr litele our Constitution is able tobear aremove into parts ot
this Rir noc much hipher thar thate commonty breactr in, vill have rea-
Ponto Be satished Fhat in ehis Globe of F.arth alotred For our Mansion, thealt
ise Archirect has Tuiced our Organo, and ithe Bodies, that are to affect
FHCIOne ED anOTHer. IFour Sense of Flearing verobut rooorimes quiele
er than it is, hor vould a perpetual noise distractus: And ve Bouldin
the quicrest Recirement, belels able to Deep or editato, than in the mid.
ale ot a Sea-hghI. Nar, ilthar most instructire ot our senles, Sccino, prere
in any Nan ro0O, or r00ooo more acure than it is non by thebestMicro
(Cope, He Would sec thinss 1000 or 100000 lelsthan he idoes no, an
(o come nearer the Dilcorery ol the Texture and Morion ol the minure
Paris ot corporeal thinos; ard in mans ot ehem, probably set Ideas ot
their internal Constiturions: But then he vould Dein a quite differene
Worid trom ocher Deople: Nothins ould appear the same eo hrim, ando.
chers: the visible Ideas oF everr thinq ould be ditterent. So tharII
doubr. Whether he, and the rest oF Men, could discourse concernins tte
Objects of Sistit; or hare ans Communiearion about Colours, their ap.
pearances beinus (0 Wholy different. And pertraps, such a quiclenels and
Fenderness oF Sioht couid nocendure Bripht Sun-Thine, or lo muchras open
Dayliche; nor tasse in bue a very tinall pare of any Object at once, and
Elat 100 Only at a veri near distance. And if by ehic help OF Tuch. Micro
seopical Ffes, (ifImay so callthem,) a an could Denetrare Parcher than
ordinary into ehe secret Compolrion; aud radical lexture of Bodies, he
ould noc malie aur preat adrantase by the change, it luctr an acure SigHt
ErouldnOtserveto conduet nim to the Market and Exchange, IF he could not
Sec Thinos, he ras eo avoid at a convenient distance; nor distingui chings
he Had eo dorith, br chose sensible. Oualities Orhers do. Fle LhaF WaS
Marp. Sslced enouoh eo seo che Contiguration oF the minute Particles ot
ihe Spring oF a Clock, and observo upon erhat peculiar Structure and Im-
pulse, ilo Clat Morion depends, irouldno douhr discover somechite
rery
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