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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 57

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  1. Wbat Ideas resemblances.
  2. Bould anriex the Ldea ot Pain co the motion oF a peice of Stcel, divicine
  3. our Flestr, richi which that Ldea hath no resemblance.
  4. 5. T4. What Phave Caid concerning Colours and Smells, may be uncer-
  5. Atood allo oE Tastes, and Sounds, and otber tle litee sensible Qualities;
  6. Which, etratever realier e by miltatre actribute to them, are iri
  7. truth nothins in che Objects themselves, but Porvers to produce various
  8. Sensations in us, and depend on those primary Oualities, viz. Bull, Fisure.
  9. Texture, and Motiori ofPares; and theretore Lcall them Secundarr Ona-
  10. lities.
  11. 6. F5. From Wherice Ithink, it is easie to draw this Observation, Thatche
  12. Ideas of primari Zualiries oF Bodies, are Resemblances oF chem, and their
  13. Patterris doreally exist in the Bodies themselves; bur the Ideas, produced
  14. in us by these Secundari Qualities, have no resemblance oE tlierri at aII.
  15. There is noching litce our Ldeas, existing in the Bodies chemselres. They
  16. ore in the Bodies, e denominare trom them, only à Pouer to produce
  17. those Sentations in uS: And What is Sreet, Blue, or Warm in Idea, is
  18. but ele certain BullE, Figure, and Norion oF thie insensible Parts, in the
  19. Bodies themselves ne calI (0.
  20. 6. 16. Flame is denominated, ZTor and Licht; Snov. Wrhite and Cold:
  21. and Manna, Whire, and Suveet, Trom the Ideas ther produce in us. Which
  22. Oualities are comimonty thoughe tobe the lame in tliose Bodies, that
  23. thole Ideas are in us, tho ono the pertect relemblance ot the ocher, ad ttiey
  24. ore in aMirror; and it rould by most Men be judged very extrarasant;
  25. il one Bould say ochermise. And vet he chat will consider, that the Came
  26. Fire that at one distance produces in us the Sensation ot Warmth, doci
  27. at a vearer approach, produce in us ehe tar differene Senlation oP: Pain,
  28. ouxhe eo Dechinte himselF, Wrtrat Reason he has to Pay, Thathis Idea oF
  29. Warmth, Wrhich eras produced in him bs thefire, is actually in the Fire;
  30. andhis Laea oF Pain, erhich che tame Fire produced in him the same may
  31. is not in the Fire. Whr is Whirenels and Coldness in Snor, and pain not
  32. wrhen it produces the onc and the other Idea in us; and can do neither;
  33. but by the Bulk, Figure, Number, and Motion oF irs solid Parts.
  34. 5. 27: The particular Bulk, Number, Fieure, and Motion of the
  35. parts of Fire, or Snou, are reallr in them, Whether any ores senses
  36. perceire them or no: and therelore ther may be called reat Oualities,
  37. ther really exist in those Bodies. BuF Licht, TTeat, Whiteness, Ox Cold-
  38. ness, areno more really in them, thanSicteness or Pain is in Marina. FakC
  39. avay the Sensation os them, let noc the Lyes sec Light, or Colours, nOr
  40. the Fars hear Sounds; let the Palate not Paste, nor the Nole Smell, and aII
  41. Colours, Fastes, Odors, and Sounds, as ther are sueh particular Ideas,
  42. vanimtr and cease, and are reduced to their Causes, i. e. BuIH, Ficuro, and
  43. MTotion OF PartS:
  44. 5. 28. A picce oF Manna oF a sensible Bulk, is able ro produce in us the
  45. Ideas oFaround or square Figure; and by beino remored trom one place
  46. to another, the Idea OE Morion. This Idea OFMorion represents il, a5 it
  47. really is in the Manna movins: A Circle or Square are the lame
  48. Wrhether in sdea or Existence; in the Mind, or in the Manna: And ThIS,
  49. Boch Morion and Fieure are really in the Manna, Whrether me tatie notice
  50. Ofthem or no: Thriseverr Body is ready to acrec ro. Besides, Mannaby
  51. theBulk, Ficure, Texture, and Motion ot ils Parts, has a Porer to pro-
  52. duce che Senlations of Sickvels, and Cometimes ot acute Pains, or Cripinso
  53. in uS. That thele Ldeas oF Sickness and Pain, are not in the Manna, DuE
  54. Ffects otits Operations on us; and are no wrhere, wrhen re sect them nor:
  55. This also every one readils asrees t0. And vet Nen are hardly to BC
  56. broustr

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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 57. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/778263916:0073?run=74