An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 269

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1. trar
2. fixtent of Tlumane Lnomlede
3. t
4. Of che Fixtent of Fumane Rnomledze.
5. Nomledse, as has been Paid, lyins in the Perception oF thê
6. Aereement, or Dilagreement, of any of our Ideas, it follos
7. trom henco, That,
8. Firp. We can Dude Rnouledee no farther than we have Edeas.
9. 6. 2. Seconaos That we can have no Rnouledce farther, than we can
10. bave Perception of that dereement, or Disacreement: Which Perceptiori
11. beins, L. Fither by Intuicion, or the immediare comparins anr tvo Ideas;
12. Or, 2. By Reason, examinins the AErcement, or Disapreement ot tvo
13. Ideas, by the incervention of lome ochers: Or, 3. By Sensation, percei-
14. vins the Existence oF particular Things. Hence it al(o FolloWs,
15. 9. 3. Thiraly, Thac ve cannot have an intuitive lnouledee, ihat aul
16. extend it self t0 all our Ideas, and al that ve vould tenou abont thems because
17. ve cannot examine and perceire alt the Relations cher have one to ano-
18. ther, by juxta-polition, or an immediate comparison one wich another.
19. Thus taving che Pdeas oF an Obtuse, and an acute angled Triangle,
20. boch dramn trom equal Bales, and betrveen Parallols, I can by intuirive
21. Hnowledoe, perceire the one noc to be the orher; but cannor that vay
22. Hnow, Whrecher they be equal, or no; becaule their Aereement, or Dif-
23. aereement in equalier, can never be perceired by an immediate compa-
24. rins chem: The difference ot Figure matres their parts uncapable oF an
25. exact immediare application; and theretore there is necd otloe interve
26. mins Duantiries to meature them by, Whuchis Demonstration; orrational
27. Knowledee.
28. 6. 4. Fourthly, TeFollos also, From wtrat is above observed, that our
29. rational Rnouledee, cannot reach to the whole extent of our Ideas. Be-
30. cause betreen two disterent Ideas we vould examine, re cannot alvays
31. find such Mediums, as re can connect one to anocher with an intuitive
32. Hnoledoe, in all the parts oftlie Deduction; and where ever thactails,
33. re come More of Knowledge and Demonstration.
34. 8. 5. Fifthly Sensitive Rnouledee reachinqe no farther than the Fxistence
35. of Thines actually present to our Senses, is yet mueh narrover than cither
36. OF Fre tormer.
37. 5. 6. Fro aII wtrich it is evidene, chaE the extent of Our Rnou-
38. ledee comes not only sort of the reality of Thines, but even of the extent of
39. our vun Edeas. Thouoh our Rnomledse be limited to our Ideas, and
40. Cannot exceed them cirher in extent, or perfection; and chouoh chele be
41. very narron bounds, in respect ofthe extent of AII. Being, and Far MOrE
42. oF irhat e may justls imagine to be in some, even created Understan.
43. dinos, not tied don to che dull and narrom Intormation, is to be recei-
44. ved trom Comele, and notrery acute ways ol Perception, such as are
45. our Senses; yet it would De ell richus, it our Rnomledge vere butas large
46. as Our Ldeas, and there vere not mans Doubrs and Enquiries concernins
47. EhC IdeaS WVC haVC, WHerCOF We are HOL, nor I beliere ever Mall bC in tis
48. Woridus relolved. Nererthelels, ldo nor vet Duection, but thatlumane
49. Knomledse, under the presene Circumltances ot our Beines and Consti-
50. cutions, may be carried much Farther than it hicherto has been, il Nen
51. Would sincerelr, and rith ircedlom ofMind, emplor all that Industri
52. and labour oF Phoughe, in improvins che means of discorerine Fructu
53. hich ches do sor che colourins or support ot Falood, to maintairs 2
54. Syctem

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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 269. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/778263916:0285?run=74