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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 36

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  1. Noinnate Principle.
  2. addition to his Aock, wrho sathers them. Such borromed Wealth, like
  3. Fairy. money, thoush it ere Gold in the hand trom whichhe reccired Ht,
  4. Will bebut Leares and Dust when it comes to ulc.
  5. 6. 23. When Men have Found some general Propositions that could not
  6. De doubted ot, as loon asunderitood, it WaS, Lknou, a sort and easie may
  7. to conclude them innate. This beins once received, it cased the lazy trorri
  8. the pains oF search, and sopp d the enquiry of the doutetul, concernins
  9. alI that as once stiled innate: And it iras of no (mall advantare tothole
  10. tio aftected eo be Plasters and Teachers, to mathe this ehe Principle ot
  11. Principles, Thar Principles must not be queltioned: For liavins once
  12. eHtablished this Tenet, Thatthere are innate Principles, it put their Fol.
  13. lovers upon a necessier ot receiving some Doctrines a5 Such, Whicl ras
  14. totalce them off trom the usec ot their own Reason and judement, and
  15. put them uxon belierins and talcins them uxon trust, rithout Carther ex-
  16. armination: In Wtich posture of blind Credulier, ther might be more
  17. easily governed by, and made ulesul to lome sort ot Men, Wvho had the
  18. still and oftice to principle and ouide them. Nor is it a (maii porver ic
  19. sivesone Manoveranorher, to have the Authoriey to be the Dictator ot
  20. Principles, and Feacher ot unquestionable Truchs; and eo matie a mar
  21. svallon thac for an innare Principle, irtrich mas serve to his purpole who
  22. ceacheth them. Whereas had ther examined the wazs, Whereby men
  23. came to the lnowledse ot mans universal Fruths, they vould have found
  24. them to resule in the Minds ot men, Tromchebeins ot chinss chemlolves,
  25. erhen duelr considered; arid that ther ivere discovered by the applicari.
  26. on ofthole Faculties, thar vere Cired by Nature to reccire and judgc ol
  27. chem, wtien duels emplor d about chem.
  28. 5. 29. Foseu how tbe Onderstandine proceeds berein, is the desien of
  29. ehe Follovine Discourse; Wtrich I Ball proccedto, Wtien l have tuct pre-
  30. miled, that hicherro to clear my vaz tothose Poundations, Wrhich, I con-
  31. ceire are tlie onls true ones, Whercon to citablith thole Notions ive can
  32. have ot our omn Rnomledse, it hath been neceltary tor meto sire rou
  33. an account of the ReasonsI had to doubr ofinnate Principles: And Lince
  34. the Arguments wrhich are against them, do, lome of them, rise trom com
  35. mon receired Opinions. I have been torced io tale several chines tor
  36. granted, whichis hardly avoidable toans onc, whole Taste it is to Bew
  37. chetalhood, er improbabilier, ot ans Penet; it happenins in C ontro
  38. verlial Dilcourles, as it does in astaultins of Porns; irhere, it the pround
  39. be but trm, Whercon the Batreries are crected, there is no farther enqui
  40. ry oF erhom ic is borromed, nor whom it belonssto, lo it aHtords bue 2
  41. fic rise for che present purpose. But in the future part of this Dilcourse,
  42. delionine ca raile an liditice unitorm, and conlistent rith it selt, a5 tar a5
  43. my oon Experience and Obserration rill asit me, I hope, to lay thie
  44. Foundation (o, that the rest will casils depend upon ic: And PMaII nOL
  45. necd to Miore ic up wich props and buccrices, leanins on borrowed or
  46. beso d Toundations: Or at least, it mine prove à Castle in the Air, I will
  47. endeavour it Malt be all oFa piece, and hans rogether. Wherein ltelI
  48. rou betorehand, rou are not to exveci undeniable, cogent demonstra-
  49. tions, unlels rou will sutter me, as others hrave donc, to cahe my Princi
  50. ples For granted; and chen, l doube not, but I can demonstrate 100. AII
  51. chat PMalI Cay For the Principles l proceed on, is, that I can onls appeat
  52. to mens omn unpreiudiced sxperience, and Obserrations, Whether cher be
  53. true, ox no; aud chis is enoush for a man who protessesno more, chanto
  54. las donncandidy and treely his oon Conjectures, concernins a Subject
  55. noc vers obrious, wirtiout anx orher delisu, cham an unbials d enquirs
  56. ater TrutI.
  57. BOOF

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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 36. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/778263916:0052?run=74