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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. -

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  1. The Comits.
  2. First, because the Ideas theystand
  3. for, are so complex.
  4. 7. Secondly. Because they have no
  5. Standards.
  6. 8. Propriety not a sufsicient Remedy.
  7. 9. The may of Learnine these Names
  8. contributes also to their Doubt.
  9. fulness.
  10. 10. Tlence unavoidable Obscurity in
  11. ancient Authors.
  12. F2. First, T0 reat Fssences that can-
  13. not be tenoon.
  14. 3, 14. Secondly, T0 co existing Qualiries,
  15. which are enoon but imperfectly.
  16. F5. Wirb this Imperfection They may
  17. serve for Crvil, but not vell for
  18. Phitosophical use.
  19. 26. Instance Liquor of Nerves.
  20. 27. Instance Cold.
  21. 18. The Wames of simple Ideas the
  22. least doubifut.
  23. 29. And next to them simple Modes.
  24. 20. The most doubeful are the Names
  25. of very componnded mixed Modes
  26. and Substances.
  27. 21. Why this Imperfection chareed
  28. upon Words.
  29. 22, 23. This sould teach us Moderation,
  30. in imposinq our orn Sense of old 26.-- 3r. Tou Men stords fail in all these
  31. Authors.
  32. perplexed Religion
  33. 12. This art ha
  34. X3. And oucht not 10 pass for Lear-
  35. 24. Fourchly, Abusc, cakins them for
  36. and fustice
  37. nine
  38. Thines.
  39. 25. Instance In Matter.
  40. 26. This mates Errors lasting
  41. 18. V. C. puttine hem for the reat
  42. 29. Tlence wesnte every chanre of
  43. our idea Substances, not t0
  44. sition of Natures mortine alvars
  45. 2+. This Abuse containstvo false Sup
  46. 22. Sixtbly, Abuse, a Supposition that
  47. Words have a certain and evident
  48. 23. The Fnds of Language, First, 70
  49. 24. Secondly, t0 doc it with quicteness.
  50. 25. Thiralr. Therewith 10 convey the
  51. 34. Seventhly. Figurative Specchalso
  52. 27. FifrBly Abuse settine them for
  53. What they cannot sirnifie.
  54. Filsences ot Substances.
  55. chanceihe Specie.
  56. regulary.
  57. PositionS.
  58. penitcation.
  59. conver our ideas.
  60. Anomledse of Thinos.
  61. 32. LLW in Substances.
  62. 33. FTou in Modes and Relations.
  63. dll Y.
  64. CHIAP. X
  65. Of the Abuse of Words.
  66. i. Abuse of Woras.
  67. IsL. LE
  68. 2, 2. First, Words without any, orwich. Of the Remedies of the fore: roinq Imper-
  69. out Ideas.
  70. 4. Occasione d By learnine Names be- SECT.
  71. fore the Ideas they belone, +0.
  72. 5. Seconcly. Unsteady Application of
  73. them.
  74. 6. Thiraly, affected Obscurity by
  75. norone Application.
  76. 7. Losick and Dispure has much con-
  77. tributed t0 this.
  78. 8. Calline it Subtilty.
  79. 9. This Fearnine very lutile Benefited
  80. Society.
  81. XO. But destroy d the Instruments of
  82. Vnoole de e and Communication.
  83. TT. As usesul as to confound the sound
  84. of the Letters.
  85. fection and Abuses.
  86. in Abase of Languare.
  87. 1. LBC) aC aoth seetine.
  88. 2. Lrc not easte.
  89. 3. Lut yet necessars 1dEcbsDI).
  90. 4. Misuse of Words the cause 0s
  91. Seat Lrrors.
  92. 5. Obstinacy.
  93. .And Wrancline.
  94. Instance Bat and Bird.
  95. 8. First, Remedy touse norrordus
  96. out an Idea.
  97. 9. SecondlY. Flave distinit Ideas an-
  98. nexed to them in Modes.
  99. 20. And distinet and conformable in
  100. Substances.
  101. 22. Thirdts

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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. - . Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/778263916:0393?run=74