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# Title: An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 38; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 38)
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The Comits.
First, because the Ideas theystand
for, are so complex.
7. Secondly. Because they have no
Standards.
8. Propriety not a sufsicient Remedy.
9. The may of Learnine these Names
contributes also to their Doubt.
fulness.
10. Tlence unavoidable Obscurity in
ancient Authors.
F2. First, T0 reat Fssences that can-
not be tenoon.
3, 14. Secondly, T0 co existing Qualiries,
which are enoon but imperfectly.
F5. Wirb this Imperfection They may
serve for Crvil, but not vell for
Phitosophical use.
26. Instance Liquor of Nerves.
27. Instance Cold.
18. The Wames of simple Ideas the
least doubifut.
29. And next to them simple Modes.
20. The most doubeful are the Names
of very componnded mixed Modes
and Substances.
21. Why this Imperfection chareed
upon Words.
22, 23. This sould teach us Moderation,
in imposinq our orn Sense of old 26.-- 3r. Tou Men stords fail in all these
Authors.
perplexed Religion
12. This art ha
X3. And oucht not 10 pass for Lear-
24. Fourchly, Abusc, cakins them for
and fustice
nine
Thines.
25. Instance In Matter.
26. This mates Errors lasting
18. V. C. puttine hem for the reat
29. Tlence wesnte every chanre of
our idea  Substances, not t0
sition of Natures mortine alvars
2+. This Abuse containstvo false Sup
22. Sixtbly, Abuse, a Supposition that
Words have a certain and evident
23. The Fnds of Language, First, 70
24. Secondly, t0 doc it with quicteness.
25. Thiralr. Therewith 10 convey the
34. Seventhly. Figurative Specchalso
27. FifrBly Abuse settine them for
What they cannot sirnifie.
Filsences ot Substances.
chanceihe Specie.
regulary.
PositionS.
penitcation.
conver our ideas.
Anomledse of Thinos.
32. LLW in Substances.
33. FTou in Modes and Relations.
dll Y.
CHIAP. X
Of the Abuse of Words.
i. Abuse of Woras.
IsL. LE
2, 2. First, Words without any, orwich. Of the Remedies of the fore: roinq Imper-
out Ideas.
4. Occasione d By learnine Names be- SECT.
fore the Ideas they belone, +0.
5. Seconcly. Unsteady Application of
them.
6. Thiraly, affected Obscurity by
norone Application.
7. Losick and Dispure has much con-
tributed t0 this.
8. Calline it Subtilty.
9. This Fearnine very lutile Benefited
Society.
XO. But destroy d the Instruments of
Vnoole de e and Communication.
TT. As usesul as to confound the sound
of the Letters.
fection and Abuses.
in Abase of Languare.
1. LBC) aC aoth seetine.
2. Lrc not easte.
3. Lut yet necessars 1dEcbsDI).
4. Misuse of Words the cause 0s
Seat Lrrors.
5. Obstinacy.
.And Wrancline.
Instance Bat and Bird.
8. First, Remedy touse norrordus
out an Idea.
9. SecondlY. Flave distinit Ideas an-
nexed to them in Modes.
20. And distinet and conformable in
Substances.
22. Thirdts