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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 152

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  1. Relation.
  2. 5. 7. Concernins Relation in general, chese chings may De consi
  3. dered:
  4. First, Fhat chero is no one thine, Whether simple Pdea, Substance, Mode,
  5. or Relation, or Name oFeither otthem, which is not capable of almest an
  6. infinite number of Considerations, in reserence to orter thinos; and there-
  7. fore nhis makes no mall part oF Mens ThougHES and N OrdS; v, c. One
  8. Tinole Man may at once be concerned in, and sustain all these Followino
  9. Relations, and many more, viz. Father, Brocher, Son, Grandsather,
  10. Grandson Father-in Lar, Son in- PaW, HTusband, Friend, Enenr, Sub.
  11. ject, Ceneral, Fudse, Patron, Client, Professor, Furopean, Fnglistr. man,
  12. Ilanders, Servan, Master, Possessor, Captain, Superiour, Inferiour, Digger,
  13. Tels, Older, Pounser, Contemporarr, Litre, Onlitce, Csc. to an almost in-
  14. fnite number, he beins capable ot as manr Relations, as there can be oc.
  15. calions oF comparins him to other thines, with which he may aoree, or
  16. dilagreo, or have any respect: For, as I laid, Relarion is a war et compa-
  17. ring, or considerine tro chings together; and siving one, or boch ot
  18. them, some appellarion trom that Comparison, and lometimes sirins
  19. even the Rolation it selF a Name.
  20. 5. 8. Secondly, This Parther may be considered concernine Relation,
  21. Thac thouph it be noc contained in the real existence OF ThingS, DuF POrne-
  22. chinu extraneous, and superinduced; yet the Laeas irhich relatire WNords
  23. Atand for, are otten clearer, and more distinet, thanof those Substances to
  24. wtrich chey do Belonz. The Notion tre have of a Father, or Brother, is a
  25. sreat deal clearer, ardmore distinct, than that ve hare ofaMtan: Or, it
  26. rou iil, Paternity is a chins urhereotris calier to have a clear Idea,
  27. than ot Tlumanity: And Iean much calier conccive what a Friend is,
  28. thian Wwhac GOD. Pecause the Hnomledse os one ACtion, or onc simple
  29. Idea, is ostentimes sufficient to sire me rhe Notion oF a Relation: DuFtO
  30. the bnorring ot any substantial Beins, an accurate collection ot sunder
  31. Ideas is necessary. A Man, il he compare two things together, can
  32. hardly besuppoled noc to lino what it is, erherein he compares chem:
  33. So chat wrhien he compares any Things cegether, he cannot but havea
  34. very clear Idea oF that Relation. The Ldeas thenof Relations are capable
  35. at least of beine more perfeit and distinct in our Minds, than those of Sub-
  36. stances: Because it is commonls hard to bno all the simple Ldeas, Wrhich
  37. are really in any Substance, but Tor the most part casie enouxh to lenour
  38. the Cimple Ideas thac mate up any Relation Lchinton, or hrave a Name
  39. for; 2. 8. comparins trro Men, in reterence to one common Parent, it
  40. is very calie to trame the Ideas oF Brorhers, without havins vec thie pertect
  41. Idea oFaMan. For ligniticant relatire Words, 25 well as others, sandine
  42. onty for Ideas; and those being all cither simple, or made ux ot simple
  43. ones, it suttices for theknomine the precile Ldea the relative term cands
  44. For, to hare a clear conceprion ofthat, ihich is thefoundarien ot the Re-
  45. lation; Whrich mas be done without havins a pertect and clear Idea ot
  46. the thins it is attribured to. Thus havinsche Notion, that onc laid the
  47. Figo, out oF Wrhich the otheras hatched, Ihave a clear Ldea of the Re
  48. lation of Dim and Chick, betreen the tro Cactrorvaries in St. Famess
  49. Park; thovol, pertraps, Ihave bur a very obscure and imperteet Idea ot
  50. those Birds chemlelves.
  51. 5. 9. Chrraly, LhodE,a iee DC a Elea HDet e Comuctaciorio
  52. Wherein Thines may be compared one rith anocher, and (0 a multitude
  53. ot Relarions, Yet they au terminare in, and are concerned abour thole
  54. smple Ideas, cither of Senlation or Reflection; erhich I think to be the
  55. wrtiole Marerials of allour Knorledee. 2ocleax this, I Mrall Mer irin thC
  56. ost

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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 152. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/778263916:0168?run=74