Over dit boek
Mijn bibliotheek
Boeken op Google Play
SECT.
1. Contemplation.
2. Memory.
CHAP. X.
Of Retention.
3. Attention, Repetition, Pleafure, and Pain, fix Ideas.
4, 5. Ideas fade in the Memory.
6. Conftantly repeated Ideas can fcarce be loft.
7. In remembering, the Mind is often active.
8, 9. Two Defects in the Memory, Oblivion and Slownefs.
10. Brutes have Memory.
CHAP. XI.'
Of Difcerning, &c.
1. No Knowledge without it.
2. The difference of Wit and Judgment.
3. Clearnefs alone hinders confusion.
14. Method.
15. These are the Beginnings of Human Knowledge,
16. Appeal to Experience.
17. Dark Room.
1. Made by the Mind out of fimple ones.
2. Made voluntarily.
3. Are either Modes, Subftances, or relations.
4. Modes
5. Simple and mixed Modes.
3. Space and Extenfion.
4. Immenfity.
5, 6. Figure.
7-10. Place.
11-14. Extenfion and Body not the fame.
15-17. Subftance which we know not, no Proof against
Space without Body..
18, 19. Substance and Accidents of little ufe in Philosophy.
20. A Vacuum beyond the utmost Bounds of Body.
21. The Power of Annihilation proves a Vacuum.
22. Motion proves a Vacuum.
23. The Ideas of Space and Body distinct.
24, 25. Extenfion being infeparable from Body, proves it
not the fame.
26. Ideas of Space and Solidity diftinct.
27. Men differ little in clear fimple Ideas..
CHAP. XIV.
Of Duration.
1. Duration is fleeting Extenfion.
2, 4. Its Idea from Reflection on the Train of our Ideas..
5. The Idea of Duration applicable to Things whilst we
fleep.
6-8. The Idea of Succeffion not from Motion.
9-11. The Train of Ideas has a certain degree of Quick
nefs.
12. This Train the Measure of other Succeffions.
13-15. The Mind cannot fix long on one invariable Idea
16. Ideas, however made, include no fenfe of Motion.
17. Time is Duration fet out by Measures.
18. A good measure of Time muft divide its whole Dura-
tion into equal Periods.
19. The Revolutions of the Sun and Moon the properest
Measures of Time.
20. But not by their Motion, but periodical Appearances.
21. No two Parts of Duration can be certainly known to
be equal.
22. Time not the Measure of Motion.
23. Minutes, Hours, and Years, not neceffary Measures of
Duration
24. The Measure of Time two ways applied.
25-27. Our Measure of Time applicable to Duration before
Time.
28-31. Eternity.
CHAP. XV.
Of Duration and Expanfion confidered together,
1. Both capable of greater and lefs.
2. Expanfion not bounded by Matter.
3. Nor Duration by Motion.
4. Why Men more easily admit infinite Duration than in- finite Expanfion.
5. Time to Duration is as Place to Expanfion.
6. Time and Place are taken for fo much of either as are:
fet out by the Exiftence and Motion of Bodies.
7. Sometimes for fo much of either as we defign by Mea
fures taken from the Bulk or Motion of Bodies.
8. They belong to all Beings.
9. All the Parts of Extenfion are Extenfion, and all the:
Parts of Duration are Duration.
10. Their Parts infeparable..
II. Duration is as a Line, Expanfion as a Solid.
12. Duration has never two Parts together, Expansion all
together..
CHAP. XVI..
Of Number:
1. Number the fimpleft and moft univerfal Ideas.
2. Its Modes made by Addition.
3. Each Mode diftinct.
4. Therefore Demonstrations in Numbers the most precise.
5, 6. Names neceffary to Numbers.
7. Why Children number not earlier.
8. Number measures all Measurables.
1. Infinity, in its original intention, attributed to Space,
Duration, and Number.
2, 3. How we come by the Idea of Infinity.
4. Our Idea of Space boundless.
5. And fo of Duration.
6. Why other Ideas are not capable of Infinity.
7. Difference between Infinity of Space and Space inf
nite.
8. We have no Idea of infinite Space.
9. Number affords us the cleareft Idea of Infinity. 10, 11. Our different Conception of the Infinity of Num ber, Duration, and Expanfion.
12. Infinite Divifibility.
13, 14.
17, 18. S
15, 16.
19.
No pofitive Idea of Infinite.
What is pofitive, what negative in our Idea of
Infinite.
20. Some think they have a positive Idea of Eternity, and
not Space.
21. Suppofed pofitive Ideas of Infinity, Caufe of Mistakes.
22. All these Ideas from Senfation and Reflection.
CHAP. XVIII.
Of other Simple Modes.
1, 2. Modes of Motion.
3. Modes of Sounds.
4. Modes of Colours.
5, 6. Modes of Taste.
7. Why fome Modes have, and others have not Names.
CHAP. XIX.
Of the Modes of Thinking.
1, 2. Sensation, Remembrance, Contemplation, &c.
3. The various Attention of the Mind in Thinking.
4. Hence probable that Thinking is the Action, not E
fence of the Soul.
CHAP. XX.
Of Modes of Pleafure and Pain.
1. Pleasure and Pain fimple Ideas.
2. Good and Evil, what.
3. Our Paffions moved by Good and Evil.
4. Love.
5. Hatred.
6. Defire.
7. Joy.
8. Sorrow.
9. Hope.
10. Fear.
11. Despair.
12. Anger.
13. Envy.
14. What Paffions all Men have.
15, 16. Pleasure and Pain, what.
17. Shame.
18. The Inftances to fhow how our Ideas of the Paffione are got from Sensation and Reflection.