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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 52

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  1. ldeas of Sensation and Restectosi
  2. C II R L. 1
  3. Os simple Ideas os bost Sensation and Reftection.
  4. Herebe other simple Zdeas, Whrich conrey themselres into the
  5. Mind by alche Ways ot Sersarion and ReRection, vir.
  6. Pleasure, or Deliebe, avel its Oxposite.
  7. Pain, Or Dneasmess.
  8. Pover.
  9. Existence.
  10. Onitr.
  11. 6. 2. Delicht, Or Oneasmess, Ote ox other oF them join themselves to
  12. almost all our Ideas, both of Sensation and Reflection: Andthere is scarée
  13. any affection ol our senles trom without, any retiredthoushe oF our Mind
  14. Writhin, which is not able to produce in us pleasure, or pain. By Plea
  15. sure and Pain, I vould he understood to lignisie, Whratsoerer deliohts or
  16. molestsus; Whettier it arises trom thethouxties ot our Minds, or any
  17. thins operatins on our Bodies. Por Whether re call it Satisfaction, De.
  18. listut, Pleature, Fappinels, (5c. On theone side; or Incalinels, Trouble,
  19. Pain, Forment, Anguistr, Miserr, (sc. On the other, they are siII buE
  20. ditterent decrees ot thelame chino, and belons 10 the Idéas of Plealure
  21. and Pain, Delieht or Vreasine(s; Wtich are ehie names I MalI most com
  22. nony usC FOr FHOSe ENO IOrES OF Ideas.
  23. 6. 3. The intinitels Wise Auctor oF our Beins, havine siven us the
  24. Porrer over lereral parts of our Bodies, tomove or leep therir at relt, as
  25. ire chinse fic; and also by the motion of them, eo more our selves, and
  26. other contiguous Bodies, in itrich consits all the Actions oF our Body:
  27. HIc harins also siren a porver to our Minds, in several instances, to chule
  28. amonstis Ideas rhichit ill chiinte on, and to pursue the enquirr of this
  29. or thiac Subject, rrith consideration and actention, IO exCItE uS tO therO
  30. Actionso thintins and motion tlat e arccapaple oF, he has beon plea-
  31. Sed tojoin to several Thouctus, and several Senlations, a perception of De-
  32. licht. This if it vere rrholls separated trom all our outrard Senlations,
  33. and inmard Thouots, me Mould hare no reason to preterr one Thouohe
  34. Or ACtion, to another; Neoligenco, tO AEtentiOn; Or MOriOn, tO Rost.
  35. And (o we Mould neither stir our Bodies, nor employ our Minds, but let
  36. Oux Thouohts (iFI marfo callit) run a drist withour anr direction or de-
  37. sion, and sutter ene Ldeas oF our Mincs, litre unrecarded Macorrs, to matie
  38. their appearancesthere, as it happen d, ithout attendins to chem. In
  39. erhich Cate Man, horever turnithed iththe Faculties ot Underltandine
  40. and Will, ould bea veryidle, unactire Creature, and pals his time onty
  41. in a lazy lechargicke Dream. Ir has cheretore vleased our Wile Crea-
  42. tor, to annexto several Objects, and the Ideas Wre reccire tromthem, a5
  43. allo to sereral ot our Thoustus, a concomitant pleature, and that in se.
  44. veral Objects, to several dcorees, that rhose l’aculties he had endored us
  45. richu, mislit not remain Wholly idle, andunemploy dby us.
  46. 5. 4. Painhasthe lame efficaer and ule to set us on orte, that Plcasure
  47. has. rebeinsas reacy to emplor our Faculties ro aroid that, 25 t0 pur-
  48. succhc oclier. Ouly ihiis is worthour consideration, ZaL it is ofsen pro
  49. duced
  50. 1.

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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 52. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/778263916:0068?run=74