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A Defence Of The Essay Of Human Understanding, Written by Mr. Lock, fol. -

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  5. tbey have erther mistaken Mr. LockS Principles, lor
  6. the true Crounds of Morality, ond vrite oit of 1eo
  7. sreat a Fondness of their omn Hy Pothesis, or len-
  8. rance of his.
  9. But es there are no Reflections so weak or ill prouna
  10. ed that fome or other may not be decerd d by, l have
  11. met mith tuo or three, uho upon readins some Re-
  12. martes on the Fissay of Fluman Onderstandins (Which
  13. fel but lately into my FTanas) concluded it contain d
  14. very danserons Principles, and vithout farther Fxa-
  15. mination, condenn d the FPay, havins never read;
  16. or as they onnd very little consider d it; on which
  17. account, several nhohave a great respect for Mr. Lock,
  18. have mist a hehad leisure to onsiver the Difficulties
  19. objected acainst his Principles by the Remarker; But
  20. as Idid not think theni strons enouch to need so great
  21. a Fland toremove them, I persivaded my self Imight
  22. do somethirs tomaras it, which at first I design d only
  23. for my con satisfaction; and those fem Friends nho
  24. hod spote to me of them, Put in examinins their
  25. Force I found them so much grourded on Mistates,
  26. not onty of the Principles the duthor contendsagainst
  27. But of the Fonndation of those Grand Points he
  28. contends for, that it fell unavoidably in my, may to
  29. mate some Refections upon the True Grounds et
  30. Morality, and the danger of establisbins a Point os
  31. se ereat Concern as that, and the Immertality of the
  32. Soul, upon false or uncertain Hy pothesis, which ha-
  33. vns heen frequently altempted, and by vell desiznine
  34. Men made me think it misht not be unusesul to pub:
  35. Dis these Papers; And Phope, whatever may tend
  36. to removing any Prejudices acainst a Bock of
  37. so preat use as the FPsay of Fluma Vnderstand.
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A Defence Of The Essay Of Human Understanding, Written by Mr. Lock, fol. - . Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/797937889:0011?run=74