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CONTENTS.
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PREFACE
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1
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ESSAY I. PRELIMINARY.
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1.
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Explication of words,
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9
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2.
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Principles taken for granted,
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36
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3.
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Of hypotheses,
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46
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4.
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Of analogy,
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52
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5.
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Of the proper means of knowing the operations of the mind,
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57
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6.
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Of the difficulty of attending to the operations of our own minds,
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61
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7.
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Division of the powers of the mind,
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67
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8.
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Of social operations of mind,
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72
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ESSAY II. OF THE POWERS WE HAVE BY MEANS OF OUR EXTERNAL SENSES.
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Of the organs of sense,
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75
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2.
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Of the impressions on the organs, nerves, and brain,
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79
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3.
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Hypotheses concerning the nerves and brain,
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82
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4.
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False conclusions drawn from the impressions before mentioned,
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94
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5.
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Of perception,
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105
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What it is to account for a phaemomenon in Nature,
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112
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Sentiments of Philosophers about the perceptions of external objects; and, first, Of the theory of Father Malebranche,
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115
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Of the common theory of perception, and of the sentiments of the Peripatetics, and of Des Cartes,
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125
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Of the sentiments of Mr Locke,
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143
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Of the sentiments of Bishop Berkeley,
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156
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Bishop Berkeley's sentiments of the nature of ideas,
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174
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Of the sentiments of Mr Hume,
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185
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13.
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Of the sentiments of Anthony Arnauld,
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190
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14.
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Reflections on the common theory of ideas,
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197
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15.
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Account of the system of Leibnitz,
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218
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Of sensation,
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226
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Of the objects of perception; and, first, Of primary and secondary qualities,
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235
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18.
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Of other objects of perception,
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248
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Of matter and of space,
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257
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20.
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Of the evidence of sense, and of belief in general,
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267
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21.
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Of the improvement of the senses,
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278
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22.
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Of the fallacy of the senses,
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288
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ESSAY III. OF MEMORY.
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Things obvious and certain with regard to memory,
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303
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Memory an original faculty,
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306
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3.
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Of duration,
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310
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Of identity,
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315
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Of Mr Locke's account of the origin of our ideas, and particularly of the idea of duration,
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322
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Of Mr Locke's account of our personal identity,
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332
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Theories concerning memory,
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338
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ESSAY IV. OF CONCEPTION.
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Of conception, or simple apprehension in general,
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357
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Theories concerning conception,
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378
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Mistakes concerning conception,
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395
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Of the train of thought in the mind,
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405
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ESSAY V. OF ABSTRACTION.
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Of general words,
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431
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2.
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Of general conceptions,
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438
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3.
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Of general conceptions formed by analysing objects,
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445
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Of general conceptions formed by combination,
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455
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Observations concerning the names given to our general notions,
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471
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Opinions of Philosophers about universals,
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475
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ESSAY VI. OF JUDGMENT.
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Of judgment in general,
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497
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2.
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Of common sense,
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519
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3.
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Sentiments of Philosophers concerning judgment,
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532
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Of first principles in general,
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555
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The first principles of contingent truths,
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575
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First principles of necessary truths,
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605
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Opinions, ancient and modern, about first principles,
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632
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Of prejudices, the causes of error,
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651
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ESSAY VII. OF REASONING.
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Of reasoning in general, and of demonstration,
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671
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2.
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Whether morality be capable of demonstration,
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678
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Of probable reasoning,
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689
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Of Mr Hume's scepticism with regard to reason,
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697
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ESSAY VIII. OF TASTE.
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Of taste in general,
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2.
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Of the objects of taste, and first of novelty,
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721
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3.
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Of grandeur,
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725
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Of beauty,
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737
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