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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 332

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  1. Probabilitus
  2. 8. T. P
  3. C HI A P. XV.
  4. Of Probabilicy.
  5. SDemonstration is che Memins the AOreement, or Dilagree.
  6. ment ot wo ldeas, by che intervention oC OnC OE MOTE
  7. erooss, irtichhare a constant, immurable, and visible connexion one
  8. with another: (0 Probabilier is nochins but che appearance oF sueh an
  9. Agreement, Or Dilagreement, by ehie intervention of Proots, ihole con
  10. nexion is not constant and immutable, or at lcast is nor perccired to be
  11. 10, but is, or appears for themost par to be so, and is enouxhto induce
  12. the Mind to judse the Proposrion to be true, or Palse, rather chari che
  13. contrarr. For example: In the demonstration of it, a Man perccivesthe
  14. certain immurable connexion there is ol Equaliey, between che three
  15. Angles ot a Triangle, aud chole intermediare ones, which are made use of
  16. 1o me their Pqualiey eo tiro rishr ones; and (o by an intuirive Rno-
  17. ledoe ofthe Aereement, or Dilagreement of theintermediate Ideas in eact
  18. Sep otthe proorels, thie whole scries is continued with an evidencc,
  19. ertrich cleariy Meus the Aoreement, or Dilagreement, of those thrce
  20. Angles, in equalier to tro riche ones: And thus he has certain Rno-
  21. ledse thac it is (0. Bur another Man Wrho never took the pains to
  22. observe the Demonstration, hearins a Mathematieian, a Man of credit,
  23. attirm the chrec Angles oF a Triangle, to be equal to trro rixtre ones,
  24. alPentsto it; i. e. receires it for truc: In irhich case, the foundarion ot
  25. his Alsent, is ehe Probabiliry oF the thins, the Proot beine such as, FOr
  26. the most pare, carries Truch with it: The Man on ertiose Pestimony he
  27. receires it, not beins wone ro atturm any chins contrary to, or belices his
  28. tinomledse, especially in marters of this kind. S0 that that wrhich cau-
  29. ses his Asentto this Propolition, that the three Angles oF a Friangle are
  30. equalto tro ristt ones, chat whuchmalies humtale chele ideas 10 aeree,
  31. michouc lnorins them to do lo, is the ronced Veracur ol chespealiee
  32. in other cases, or his suppoled Veracier in this.
  33. 9. 2. Our Hnomledse, as has been theru, beine verr narror, and ve
  34. nothares enouxh to tind certain Truth in everr chins, ere have occasion
  35. 1o consider, most ofthe Propolitions we think, realon, discourse, nay
  36. aet upon, are lucli, as ne cannor have undoubred Rnomledse ot theie
  37. Fruth: vet some ol ehem border (o near uxon Cerrainty, thatwe matie
  38. no doubr at allabout chem; but assent tothem as Armty, and act accOr-
  39. dins to that Alent as visorouss, as il ihes vere infallibly demonltra-
  40. ced, and thatour Knomledse of them mas pertect and certain. But ehiere
  41. beins degrees herein, trom the verr neistibourhood of Certaintr and Evi-
  42. dence, quire down to Improbabilies and Onlitelinels, even to the Con-
  43. tines ot Impossibiliey; arid allo degrees ot anen trom certain RnoN-
  44. ledge, and irhat is next it, tuil Alturance and Contidence, quite donnto
  45. Conjecture, Doube, Diltrust, and Disbeliet. IMall come no, as having
  46. (a5 I Thintc) Found out the bounds of humane Knomledse and Cerraintr,
  47. in thie next place to consider the severat decrees and erounds ot Probabi-
  48. litr, ana ent or Faith.
  49. d. 3. Probabiliey then is litcelinels to De Huc, ile very notation ot the
  50. Wroca conitrino laen a Proponon, sor milleu chere be Arouments or
  51. Proots, to matie it pals or De received for true. The enterrainment
  52. the Mind sives this lort ot Propolitions, is called Belief, apent, or Opi-
  53. nion, Which is the admittins or receirine any Propolition tor true, uxon
  54. Arguments or Proossthat are tound io perluade us io receire IE aS ErUE,
  55. ich.

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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. 332. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/778263916:0348?run=74