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# Title: A Defence Of The Essay Of Human Understanding, Written by Mr. Lock (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 3; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 3)
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ans other suppolition with the least Sense, t0
his purpole, erhich is co contute chis Orinion,
thac he sont thintes, in Cound Sleco, When cho
Aln is noc conscious oF ic; non ihac manner
Ot Arsument I pray noud this malze:
IE ehesoul chintes wrhen cheManis noc consci-
ous oF it, the sout and the Man arc tvo Porsonss
Buc che Soul noc beins a vermanent sub-
Ptance, may make ruo Perlons, Ergo, Thesoul
cannot chinss wrhen che Man does nor, becaule
chacmakres chemtuo Persons, thesum oF irhich
15, che Soul cannor chink avare, becaule it can.
Buc if ehis ANerrion, chat the Soul and the
Man are erro Perlons, implies, chat it is noc à
vermanene Substance, let chole iook 20 it who
Cay, thac the Soul chintes when the Nan iS nOE
conscious ot ir lnce ris onr a Consequrne ol
char Suppolicion, but can no mas concern Mr.
Lock; Who denies thac suppolirion. Bue cha
Remarker is co be excus d formatiins an inter
rence (o inconsittent wich the detion ot chac
Discourle, lince he contesles he does nocunt
derstand rrhac ic tends ro, and perhaps only
ventur d at a Phrew d guelsto provoke aclear-
ex AccOunE: And indced, the best Constructi
on I canmakie oF che Remarteersurritins against
HIr. Locks FMay, is, that he understands verr
litrle oFic, Io grouncless arc che Disticultieshe
malces, and his Consequences (o wiono. This
Lam Cure, no Man chac means vell, it heun
derttands any rhins ot erhar Mr. Loci Cays ux-
on this Subiect, that alen thinte not alvays, can
From chence inter, that he does noc thinke the
Soul a permanene Subltance, tor it is plain, all
the Difficulties he Ands in Suppolins the soul
does alvays chinte, arise only trom ies beins in
a Acepins, and alcins Mtan, ehe lame perma-
nene Subltance. Why else doeshe tind it (0 v0-
f. p. 45. ry hardtobe conceir d, that the Soul in a scepins
Man, sou d ehis moment be busie a thintine, and
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