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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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the nexet moment in a mabine Mlan, not remember
nor be able to recolleet one jot of allthose Thouchts=
Wrty, does he chink ic Aranse, if the Sonl has
Ideas ofits omn, that it derio d not from sensa-
tion or reflection, that it son d never in its pri-
vare thineine, retain any of them, the verymoment
it males ont of them, and thenmate the Man slad
mithnem Discoveries: Orwhy does he calt ic an
absurdiry, to make che sont and the Man tuo
Persons: There is nochine Aranse or absurd in
al this, it the soul in a Acexine and matine Man
Be not che lame perrmanent Subltance.
Thope nhac has been laid, is sufficient 10
help che Remarkersunderkandine in that Di-
(course oF Mr. Locks irtrich (0 much puzled
him; and then I am certain he cannot appre-
hend ic ot ans consequence to the Immorralier
OF thesoul, luxpoline it dees not thine, nhen
the Man is not C’onscions of it. I no proceed
cohis second Difticuley:
Tdo not understand (CayShe) hom the Sont if IA. R. P. 35
Be be at angtime utterly rithont Thouchts, what
it is that produces the first Thonshe acain, at the
end of that unthineins Incerval And wtiat chens
Must re cheretore conclude il cannor De donc :
IFchar bc a 500d Arsumene, e must deny
the most common and visible Operations in
Nature Do vou understand hom jour soul
chintes at alI: PTom it passes From one Thoughe
to anocher. FTor it preserves ies Preature ot
Ideas, 1o produce them at pleature on Occali-
ons: And recollects those it hac nor in a lone
time Rehected on Por it moves youi Body,
Or is affected by ic 3 Theseare Operarions vinich
l suppole rou are not lo Sceptical as to
doubeot, nor vec pretend ro understand hor
they arc donc: And lince we are certain cliat
the soul is aftected wich aii che considerable
Chanses oFthe Body, thac it is Sick, and in
Pain, and unable to vertorm ies tunctions, ac-
COrOIDES
l. 47.
P. 46.