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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, fol. -

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  1. NIbbeIt.
  2. CII A P. V
  3. Of Universal Proposicions, their Truth
  4. dLla 2.
  5. and (ertaint v.
  6. T. Freatinq of Words necessary t0
  7. Knooledee.
  8. 2. Generat Truths haraiy +0 be un-
  9. derstood, hut in verbat Proposi
  10. tions.
  11. 3. Cerrainty evo. fold, of Truth and
  12. of Rnouledee.
  13. 4. No Proposition can be knoon tobe
  14. true, uhere the Pssence of each
  15. Species mentioned is not knoon.
  16. 5. This more particularly concerns
  17. Substances.
  18. 6. The Fruth of feru universat Pro.
  19. positions concernine Substances, is
  20. +o be knoon.
  21. 7. Because C0. existence of Ideas in
  22. feu Cases to be tenoon.
  23. 8, 9. Instance in Cold.
  24. 2O. AS far a5 any such Co- existence
  25. can be tnoun, se far universal
  26. Propositions may be certain.
  27. But this will 80 but a litile vay,
  28. because,
  29. TF, T2. The Oualities whichmake our com-
  30. plex Ideas of Substances, depend
  31. mostlron external, remote, and un-
  32. percerved Causes.
  33. 23. Fudrment may reach farther, but
  34. that is not Rnovledee.
  35. T4. WVhat is requisite for our Rnou
  36. ledee of Substances.
  37. 25. Whilst our Ideas of Substances
  38. contain not their real Constitu-
  39. tions, ve can make but feu gene-
  40. ral certain Propositions concernine
  41. ihem.
  42. 26. Wberein lies the ceneral Certain-
  43. ty of Propositions.
  44. CII A P. VI
  45. Of Maxim
  46. BECL
  47. eo LC) ae sebsadcen.
  48. 3. Selfevidence not peculiar +0 re-
  49. cerved axioms
  50. First, 45t0 Lachl) and Diver–
  51. sity, au Proposirions are equally
  52. Sebf.evident.
  53. 3. Secondly. In Cocasn ut sade
  54. feu selfevident Propositions.
  55. 6. Thiralr. In other Relations we
  56. F2. Maxims, if care be not taten in
  57. the use of nords, may prove con-
  58. Proofsuhere We have clear and di-
  59. may have.
  60. 7. Fourchly, Concernine real Exi
  61. StenCC WWe BaVC HOnE.
  62. 8. These Axioms ao not much inftu–
  63. ence our oiset anouledée.
  64. 9, 20. Because therare notthe Truths the
  65. first enoion.
  66. have.
  67. TF. What use Ed generat Maxims
  68. FraatCcrous.
  69. 13. Instance In Vacuum.
  70. T4. They prove not the Existence of
  71. Thines Without us.
  72. X5. Their Application danserous about
  73. complex Ideas.
  74. 16- -- 16. Intanco n Man.
  75. 29. Fitile use of these Maxims in
  76. stinet Ldeas.
  77. 20. Their use dangerons where our
  78. Ldeasarc confused.
  79. CH XL. VIII
  80. 4. Secondly, When a part of any com
  81. plex Idea predicated of the
  82. OF Tristing Proposicions.
  83. SFC
  84. I. Some Proposions brins noincrease
  85. 2.HBerem Ebat Self- C22dene C9
  86. 35.
  87. toour lnouledee.
  88. 233. As First, Identicat Propositions.
  89. Whote.
  90. 5. A5 part of the definition of the
  91. denea.
  92. 6. Instance Man and Patfry-
  93. 7. For this teaches but the sienisica
  94. Tion of Woras.
  95. 8. But no reat Rhourcas.
  96. 9. cenerat Propostious conbetatue
  97. Substances are often, tristine.
  98. 2O. And Wtiy.
  99. TT. Thirdly, Ohne Woras variousti, is
  100. stine Weth TBEM.

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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/778263916:0396?run=74