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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)
# Folio 59, page id 797937889:0071
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fames. IAnd, iE NEr. Lockvoud conrince
him thacthere acc no Innate Principles, hC
musc em him some police Nation nhere
thc People hare dilisentis. and rixtuls
implord their Laculties, and vet are 1g-
nOxaHEOF the La oF Nature; this mighe
De requird. IF MT. Lock denyd a LaW ot
Nlature, Rnorable by our Nlatural Facul-
tics; but to prore what he attirms, that this
La Is iOE Knorable toMen, bue by their
makins arighr use ot cheir Paculties, tis
Fusticient to sem chat there areMen, Who
are abfoluels ignorant ot the clearest Prin-
ciples oF thac Larr. No, Cays the Remar-
ker, thes are Barbarous ignorant People;
and theretore, arc no co0d Witneses, thar
chere oro no Innare Principles. But arc
ches noc Men Ipray: What isit then that
makes them more Barbarous, or LenOranE
thanothers, buccheir nor havins made a
rient usc ot their Natural Faculties: this
IS MT. LockS argument, thac their arc nO
lnnare Principles, since lome NationS, FOr
vantot makins a ristruse oF their Facul-
cles, are (0 Barbarous, or Tornorant, 25 t0
have no Notion ot the clearest ot those
Principles irhich, are esteem d Innate.
Forrhich the RemarkerS obicetion, ThAE
thes are a Barharous People, voc At +o DC
admitted for mitnesses, is indeed verr ex-
raordinars. IF he pleales to consider
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