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# Title: An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 38; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 38)
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or Turex than he did betore, or Wichout any such general Rule. This
then is the Arst axreement, or disagreement, Which the Mind perceires
In IES Pdeas; Which it altrays perceires at frst sight: And il there ever
happen any doubt abour ic, trill alvars be found to be about the Namco,
and not the Ideas themsclres, Whose Identier and Divertuy will alirays
be perceired, as soon and as cleariy, as the Iaeas themselres are, nor can
it possibly be ocherwile.
9. 5. Seconaly, Fhenext sort oF Aorcement, or Dilacreemene, theMind
verceires in any oF its Ideas, may, Ichinle, De called Relatire, and is
nothine but the Perception of the Relation between any tuo Ideas, et
irhat kind loever, whiether Substances, Modes, Or any other. FOr
since all distinet Edeas mult erernally De hnovn not to be the Tame,
and so beuniversalle and constantl denied one, of anocher, there could
Benoroom for any politire Rnomledge at al, il ve could not perceire
any Relation Betreen our Ideas, and And out the Aorcement or Dis.
aorcement, thes have one ith another, in several rars the Mind tales
et comparins chem.
6. 6. Thirdly, The chird sort. OF Aoreement, or Dilagreement, to
De Found in our Ideas, Trhich the Perception ot the Nlind is emplovd a.
Dout, is Coexistence, or non-Co existence in the lame Subject; and etie
velones particularly to Substances. Thus When We pronounce concer-
nins Ciold, that it is fixec, our Rnomledse oF this Pruth arOUNES EO nO
more but this, chat Fixednels, or a poverto remain in the Pire unconsu
tedis an Idea, that alrays accompanies, and is join d with that partieu-
lar Cort ot Vellorness, Weight, Fusibilier, Malleablenels, and Solubilier in
A9. Reria, rtrich malie our complex Ldea, Sonihed by the word Gold.
6. 7. Fourthly, The Fourth and last Tort is, that et actuat real Fxi-
stence acrecins to ans Idea. Within Fhele POur POrES OF AOrCemenE Or
Dilacreement, is, I suppole contained all the Rnowledse Wve tave, or
are capable oF: FOr all the finquiries that re can make, concernine
any oF our Paeas, al that re Knon; or can aftirm concernins ary ot
them, is, That it is, or is not, the lame ich lome other; that
it does, or docs not alrays conexist with lome other Idea in thelame
Subject; that it has this or that Relation to lome other Ldea; or that
it has a real Existence ithour the Mind. Ttus Blue is not Tellou, is OF
Identitr. Tuo Triancles upon equal Basis, between tvo Parallels, are
equat, is oF Relation. Tron is susceptible of magneticat impressions, is oF
Coexistence. 6OD is, is of real Fixistence. Thouch Identitr and Co-
existence are truls nothine but Relations, vet thez are lo peculiar wars
OF ATrCCenE, Or Dilacreement oF our Ideas, that they deserve wrell to
be considered as distinct FIcads, and not under Relation in general;
Lince they are so ditterent grounds of AAtirmation and Negation,
a5 ill calily appear to any one, Wrho ilt but reflect on mhat is said in
several places ot this Essay. I Mould no procced to examine the seve.
ral deorees ot our Rrowledoe, Due chat it is necellarr Ars, to consider
the dilterent acceptations of the rord Rupuledee.
5. 8. There are several Wazs Wrherein the Mina is Postessed of Fruth,
cachi ot wrtrich is called anouledee.
F. There is actual nouledee, irtrichis the prelent vie the Mind haS OE
the Aorcement, or Dilasreementot any oF its Ldeas, or oftheRelation they
have onc to anottier.
betore his Phoughts, he evidently perceired che Aorcement, or Dilagree
ment OE che Ldcas Whereot it consills; and (0 lode d ic in lis Memors, hac
WHiest.
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