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1 Ded | I have fallen into some thoughts not wholly different from 2 Ded | me a place in your good thoughts, I had almost said friendship. 3 Read | begged opinions, sets his own thoughts on work, to find and follow 4 Read | who let loose their own thoughts, and follow them in writing; 5 Read | wilt make use of thy own thoughts in reading. It is to them, 6 Read | perplexed us, it came into my thoughts that we took a wrong course; 7 Read | Some hasty and undigested thoughts, on a subject I had never 8 Read | information of men of large thoughts and quick apprehensions; 9 Read | spun out of my own coarse thoughts, is fitted to men of my 10 Read | plain and familiar to their thoughts some truths which established 11 Read | reason somewhat to alter the thoughts I formerly had concerning 12 Read | this, it misleading men’s thoughts by an insinuation, as if 13 Read | that none of their good thoughts should be lost, have published 14 Read | more likely to direct men’s thoughts to my meaning in this matter. 15 Read | obscurity and confusion in men’s thoughts and discourses.~I know there 16 Int | advantage, in directing our thoughts in the search of other things.~ 17 Int | misemployed myself in the thoughts I shall have on this occasion, 18 Int | sit still, and not set our thoughts on work at all, in despair 19 Int | whilst we let loose our thoughts into the vast ocean of Being; 20 Int | capacities, and letting their thoughts wander into those depths 21 Int | the one, and employ their thoughts and discourse with more 22 I, I | censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, 23 I, I | to know, if he apply his thoughts rightly that way.~9. It 24 I, I | depend on the labour of our thoughts. For all reasoning is search, 25 I, I | accused to argue from the thoughts of infants, which are unknown 26 I, I | truths, they must be innate thoughts: there being nothing a truth 27 I, I | having not cast their native thoughts into new moulds; nor by 28 I, I | view, as it is certain the thoughts of children do. It might 29 I, I | they to be found in the thoughts of children, or any impressions 30 I, II | they admit them in their thoughts,” answered. Perhaps it will 31 I, II | best interpreters of their thoughts. But, since it is certain 32 I, II | the interpreters of their thoughts, we shall find that they 33 I, II | morality which in their private thoughts they do not believe to be 34 I, II | principle to rest their thoughts on. There is scarcely any 35 I, II | foundations of all his past thoughts and actions, and endure 36 I, II | earliest of all his own thoughts, and the most reverenced 37 I, III | with us, so remote from the thoughts of infancy and childhood, 38 I, III | due application of their thoughts this way, want the idea 39 I, III | amongst them had employed his thoughts to inquire into the constitution 40 I, III | propensity of their own thoughts, would afterwards propagate, 41 I, III | of Soldania, possibly our thoughts and notions had not exceeded 42 I, III | because he pursued not those thoughts that would have led him 43 I, III | to take notice how their thoughts enlarge themselves, only 44 I, III | that they were so in the thoughts of the vulgar I think nobody 45 I, III | careful employment of their thoughts and reason, attained true 46 I, III | having not applied their thoughts that way, are ignorant both 47 I, III | others, employing their thoughts only about some few things, 48 I, III | having never let their thoughts loose in the search of other 49 I, III | because they never set their thoughts on work about such angles. 50 I, III | mathematical truths, he stopped his thoughts short and went not so far. 51 I, III | contrivances, and pursue the thoughts thereof with diligence and 52 I, III | has appeared to lead, my thoughts have impartially followed, 53 I, III | made use rather of our own thoughts than other men’s to find 54 II, I | any one examine his own thoughts, and thoroughly search into 55 II, I | yet, unless he turn his thoughts that way, and considers 56 II, I | necessary to anything but to our thoughts; and to them it is; and 57 II, I | be convinced that their thoughts are sometimes for four hours 58 II, I | recollect one jot of all those thoughts, is very hard to be conceived, 59 II, I | even in the middle of these thoughts, they could remember nothing 60 II, I | Upon this hypothesis, the thoughts of a sleeping man ought 61 II, I | ideas, nor the soul for such thoughts. Perhaps it will be said, 62 II, I | and that the memory of thoughts is retained by the impressions 63 II, I | consequently no memory of such thoughts. Not to mention again the 64 II, I | has no memory of its own thoughts; if it cannot lay them up 65 II, I | subject as noble, as the thoughts of a soul that perish in 66 II, I | remembering any of those thoughts, without doing any good 67 II, I | retain the memory of those thoughts: but how extravagant and 68 II, I | or no. If its separate thoughts be less rational, then these 69 II, I | sleep, have so many hours’ thoughts, and yet never light on 70 II, I | over any of its pure native thoughts, and those ideas it had 71 II, I | be a notable diviner of thoughts that can assure him that 72 II, I | that discovers to another thoughts in my mind, when I can find 73 II, I | than to make another’s thoughts visible to me, which are 74 II, I | world. All those sublime thoughts which tower above the clouds, 75 II, VII | whether it arises from the thoughts of our minds, or anything 76 II, VII | pleased to join to several thoughts, and several sensations 77 II, VII | outward sensations, and inward thoughts, we should have no reason 78 II, VII | employ our minds, but let our thoughts (if I may so call it) run 79 II, VII | as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure, 80 II, VII | together in almost all that our thoughts and senses have to do with;— 81 II, VII | the chief end of all our thoughts, and the proper business 82 II, VII | world; that extends its thoughts often even beyond the utmost 83 II, IX | observe this in his own thoughts, who will take the pains 84 II, X | and be the objects of our thoughts, without the help of those 85 II, X | measure useless. And we in our thoughts, reasonings, and knowledge, 86 II, X | actions, wherein no one of the thoughts they have ever had may slip 87 II, X | to come, and to whom the thoughts of men’s hearts always lie 88 II, X | may help us to enlarge our thoughts towards greater perfections 89 II, X | thinking man,—if all his past thoughts and reasonings could be 90 II, XI | his fancy upon one sort of thoughts, incoherent ideas have been 91 II, XII | multiplying the objects of its thoughts, infinitely beyond what 92 II, XII | they fill and entertain the thoughts of men; yet I think they 93 II, XIII | are made familiar to men’s thoughts, they can, in their minds, 94 II, XIII | may be led into farther thoughts of the endless variety of 95 II, XIII | appeal to every man’s own thoughts whether the idea of space 96 II, XIII | thinking man that can in his thoughts set any bounds to space, 97 II, XIII | that men who abstract their thoughts, and do well examine the 98 II, XIV | that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, 99 II, XIV | succession and number of his own thoughts, got the notion or idea 100 II, XIV | various ideas of his own thoughts in his own mind, appearing 101 II, XIV | so other ideas of our own thoughts, having room to come into 102 II, XIV | succeed one another in his thoughts, let him be as wary as he 103 II, XIV | easily applicable in our thoughts to duration, where no sun 104 II, XIV | here, can be applied in our thoughts to duration, where no sun 105 II, XIV | here, can be applied in our thoughts to distances beyond the 106 II, XIV | can measure space in our thoughts where there is no body. 107 II, XIV | the world;—we can, in our thoughts, apply this measure of a 108 II, XIV | other measure space in our thoughts, where there is no body.~ 109 II, XIV | motion. So also, in his thoughts, he may set limits to body, 110 II, XIV | themselves into our waking thoughts, or else caused by external 111 II, XIV | duration,—we can in our thoughts add such lengths of duration 112 II, XIV | distinctly measure in my thoughts the duration of that candle-light 113 II, XIV | same reason, apply it in my thoughts to duration antecedent to 114 II, XIV | often as we will in our own thoughts, and adding them one to 115 II, XV | true, we can easily in our thoughts come to the end of solid 116 II, XV | wisdom, seems to have other thoughts when he says, “Heaven, and 117 II, XV | himself that he can extend his thoughts further than God exists, 118 II, XV | therefore, when men pursue their thoughts of space, they are apt to 119 II, XV | things may at all direct our thoughts towards the original of 120 II, XV | whoever pursues his own thoughts, will find them sometimes 121 II, XV | and do so often find our thoughts at a loss, when we would 122 II, XV | any one who will let his thoughts loose in the vast expansion 123 II, XV | can put it together in our thoughts that any being does now 124 II, XV | past and future things: his thoughts are but of yesterday, and 125 II, XVI | the most intimate to our thoughts, as well as it is, in its 126 II, XVI | to men, angels, actions, thoughts; everything that either 127 II, XVI | or measured; because our thoughts cannot in space arrive at 128 II, XVII | in our weak and narrow thoughts, we do it primarily in respect 129 II, XVII | us multiply them in our thoughts as far as we can, with all 130 II, XVII | continued his doubling in his thoughts, and enlarged his idea as 131 II, XVII | far soever it extends its thoughts. Any bounds made with body, 132 II, XVII | cause great confusion in our thoughts, when we join infinity to 133 II, XVII | of infinity, in which our thoughts can find none.~9. Number 134 II, XVII | in any bulk of matter our thoughts can never arrive at the 135 II, XVII | thus amass together in our thoughts is positive, and the assemblage 136 II, XVII | the progressions of your thoughts shall make in quantity; 137 II, XVII | I endeavour to extend my thoughts to, I confess myself at 138 II, XVII | till he has the idea in his thoughts of something very little; 139 II, XVII | smallness is as far from his thoughts as when he first began; 140 II, XVII | possibly he wearies his thoughts, by multiplying in his mind 141 II, XVII | give more exercise to the thoughts of men than those do. I 142 II, XVIII | without enumeration to the thoughts and experience of my reader.~ 143 II, XVIII | necessary use, I leave it to the thoughts of others. It is sufficient 144 II, XVIII | expedite way of conveying their thoughts one to another), is evident 145 II, XVIII | turn suggest them to their thoughts, those names of them are 146 II, XIX | that it shuts out all other thoughts, and takes no notice of 147 II, XIX | man, so remiss, as to have thoughts dim and obscure to that 148 II, XX | in the body, sometimes by thoughts of the mind.~3. Our passions 149 II, XX | consideration. This might carry our thoughts further, were it seasonable 150 II, XXI | active powers as our hasty thoughts are apt to represent them, 151 II, XXI | breed any confusion in men’s thoughts, by being supposed (as I 152 II, XXI | ideas, and conduct their thoughts more by the evidence of 153 II, XXI | the body, so it is in the thoughts of our minds: where any 154 II, XXI | boisterous passion hurries our thoughts, as a hurricane does our 155 II, XXI | of the body without, or thoughts within, according as it 156 II, XXI | himself, as far as he can, all thoughts of guilt, though it be by 157 II, XXI | is once proposed to his thoughts, as presently to be done, 158 II, XXI | once so proposed to his thoughts; a man must necessarily 159 II, XXI | power is proposed to his thoughts, he cannot forbear volition; 160 II, XXI | difficulties that perplex men’s thoughts, and entangle their understandings, 161 II, XXI | For he that shall turn his thoughts inwards upon what passes 162 II, XXI | actions? And that, upon second thoughts, I am apt to imagine is 163 II, XXI | when I first published my thoughts on this subject I took it 164 II, XXI | over, and directing the thoughts, as well as other actions, 165 II, XXI | the object, but all the thoughts of the mind and powers of 166 II, XXI | wherewith he, in his present thoughts, can satisfy himself. Happiness, 167 II, XXI | prefers it in his present thoughts before any other, it is 168 II, XXI | good to slip out of our thoughts, without leaving any relish, 169 II, XXI | absent good. For, whilst such thoughts possess them, the joys of 170 II, XXI | our whole endeavours and thoughts are intent to get rid of 171 II, XXI | does, and lessens in our thoughts what is future; and so forces 172 II, XXI | I gave an account of my thoughts concerning them, according 173 II, XXI | about power, if we make our thoughts take a little more exact 174 II, XXI | power to receive ideas or thoughts from the operation of any 175 II, XXII | constant existence, more in the thoughts of men, than in the reality 176 II, XXII | mark, or communicate men’s thoughts to one another with all 177 II, XXII | and compass enough for his thoughts to range in, though they 178 II, XXII | is quite remote from my thoughts, apprehensions, and knowledge; 179 II, XXIII | upon inquiry into his own thoughts, will find, that he has 180 II, XXIII | than what we have, yet our thoughts can go no further than our 181 II, XXIII | I know that people whose thoughts are immersed in matter, 182 II, XXIII | unintelligible. For, to extend our thoughts a little further, that pressure 183 II, XXIII | are the boundaries of our thoughts; beyond which the mind, 184 II, XXIII | beginning or stopping several thoughts or motions. We have also 185 II, XXIII | wherein they discover their thoughts one to another: though we 186 II, XXIII | way of communicating their thoughts than we have, who are fain 187 II, XXIII | be masters of their own thoughts, and communicate or conceal 188 II, XXV | serving as marks to lead the thoughts beyond the subject itself 189 II, XXV | naming of either of them, the thoughts are presently carried beyond 190 II, XXV | makes no small part of men’s thoughts and words: v.g. one single 191 II, XXVI | Thus, having settled in our thoughts the idea of the ordinary 192 II, XXVII | being intent on our present thoughts, and in sound sleep having 193 II, XXVII | in sound sleep having no thoughts at all, or at least none 194 II, XXVII | which remarks our waking thoughts,—I say, in all these cases, 195 II, XXVII | consciousness it has of its present thoughts and actions, that it is 196 II, XXVII | of Socrates’s actions or thoughts, could be the same person 197 II, XXVII | soul, with all its princely thoughts about it, would not make 198 II, XXVII | those actions, had those thoughts that I once was conscious 199 II, XXVII | knowledge of one another’s thoughts.~By the second and third, 200 II, XXVIII| have, and the commerce of thoughts familiar amongst them; and 201 II, XXVIII| break the law, entertain thoughts of future reconciliation, 202 II, XXVIII| that all we have in our thoughts ourselves, (if we think 203 II, XXVIII| wax,” it is plain that his thoughts in this relation terminate 204 II, XXVIII| which is made only by men’s thoughts, and is an idea only in 205 II, XXIX | most of all disorders men’s thoughts and discourses: ideas, as 206 II, XXIX | no small error in men’s thoughts, and confusion in their 207 II, XXIX | them, whilst he keeps his thoughts and reasoning to that part 208 II, XXIX | he represents to his own thoughts, is very obscure and undetermined. 209 II, XXIX | division, and would enlarge our thoughts to infinite space. After 210 II, XXXII | gold, any one join in his thoughts the negation of a greater 211 II, XXXIII| though his unattentive thoughts be elsewhere a wandering. 212 II, XXXIII| more separate them in their thoughts than if they were but one 213 III, I | known to others, and the thoughts of men’s minds be conveyed 214 III, II | he have great variety of thoughts, and such from which others 215 III, II | without communication of thoughts, it was necessary that man 216 III, II | invisible ideas, which his thoughts are made up of, might be 217 III, II | either to record their own thoughts, for the assistance of their 218 III, II | speaker; yet they in their thoughts give them a secret reference 219 III, II | express to one another those thoughts and imaginations they have 220 III, II | consideration, do set their thoughts more on words than things. 221 III, III | them to communicate their thoughts. Men learn names, and use 222 III, III | slowly were their words and thoughts confined only to particulars. ~ 223 III, IV | the mind, and lead not the thoughts any further; as we shall 224 III, V | that their names lead our thoughts to the mind, and no further. 225 III, V | would conceive; but our thoughts terminate in the abstract 226 III, V | might meet with every one’s thoughts, and give occasion to the 227 III, VI | any one examine his own thoughts, and he will find that as 228 III, VI | but to reflect on his own thoughts, when he hears or speaks 229 III, VI | general names communicate our thoughts about them. For, having 230 III, VI | name; that in recording our thoughts, and in our discourse with 231 III, VI | another by words into the thoughts of things stripped of those 232 III, VI | another by words into the thoughts of things, stripped of those 233 III, VI | Adam discourses these his thoughts to Eve, and desires her 234 III, VI | would communicate their thoughts and discourse together. 235 III, VI | other pattern but by his own thoughts, the same have all men ever 236 III, VII | mind, in communicating its thoughts to others, does not only 237 III, VII | clear and distinct in his thoughts, nor that he observes the 238 III, VII | observe the dependence of his thoughts and reasonings upon one 239 III, VII | methodical and rational thoughts, he must have words to show 240 III, VII | the mind gives to its own thoughts. This part of grammar has 241 III, VII | pains, enter into his own thoughts, and observe nicely the 242 III, VII | exceptions, and several other thoughts of the mind, for which we 243 III, IX | recording and communicating our thoughts. From what has been said 244 III, IX | the recording of our own thoughts.~Secondly, The other for 245 III, IX | the communicating of our thoughts to others.~2. Any words 246 III, IX | for the recording our own thoughts for the help of our own 247 III, IX | such a communication of thoughts and ideas by words, as may 248 III, IX | those who would exchange thoughts, and hold intelligible discourse 249 III, IX | convey not thereby their thoughts, and lay not before one 250 III, IX | capable to express their thoughts.~10. Hence unavoidable obscurity 251 III, IX | learned men, employing their thoughts that way, are proofs more 252 III, IX | depending very much on the thoughts, notions, and ideas of him 253 III, X | subject who most confine their thoughts to anyone system, and give 254 III, X | to make known one man’s thoughts or ideas to another; Secondly, 255 III, X | fail of conveying their thoughts with all the quickness and 256 III, X | they cannot make known the thoughts of him who thus uses them.~ 257 III, X | precise ideas annexed in my thoughts to those names. 2. I may 258 III, XI | deserve our most serious thoughts to consider, what remedies 259 III, XI | think on things, fix their thoughts only on words, especially 260 III, XI | wonder, I say, that such thoughts and reasonings end in nothing 261 III, XI | oblige the world with his thoughts on it.~First remedy: To 262 III, XI | is that which gives our thoughts entrance into other men’ 263 III, XI | that infinite variety of thoughts, that men, wanting terms 264 IV, I | Since the mind, in all its thoughts and reasonings, hath no 265 IV, I | imagination, no distinct thoughts at all. By this the mind 266 IV, I | been once laid before his thoughts, he evidently perceived 267 IV, I | apt to mislead our first thoughts into a mistake in this matter 268 IV, III | indulging too much their thoughts immersed altogether in matter, 269 IV, III | hardly sensation is, in our thoughts, reconcilable to extended 270 IV, III | whilst either alone is in his thoughts, still drive him to the 271 IV, III | distinct ideas, we confine our thoughts within the contemplation 272 IV, III | reach with our eyes or our thoughts of either of them is but 273 IV, III | that at first glimpse our thoughts lose themselves in. If we 274 IV, III | contemplations, and confine our thoughts to this little canton—I 275 IV, III | themselves, whilst their thoughts flutter about, or stick 276 IV, III | Mathematicians abstracting their thoughts from names, and accustoming 277 IV, IV | intended, our most serious thoughts will be of little more use 278 IV, IV | themselves. Because in all our thoughts, reasonings, and discourses 279 IV, IV | discourses which take up the thoughts and engage the disputes 280 IV, IV | together at the pleasure of our thoughts, without any real pattern 281 IV, IV | ideas, and not confine our thoughts to names or species supposed 282 IV, IV | consider, and confine not our thoughts and abstract ideas to names, 283 IV, IV | according to our narrow thoughts or opinions, nor distinguishes 284 IV, IV | we need but trace their thoughts and practice a little further, 285 IV, IV | inconvenience within our own thoughts: but yet it would still 286 IV, V | propositions within our own thoughts about white or black, sweet 287 IV, V | and readier occur to our thoughts than the pure ideas: and 288 IV, V | have little left in their thoughts and meditations if one should 289 IV, V | those which most employ our thoughts, and exercise our contemplation. 290 IV, VI | we must not confine our thoughts within the surface of any 291 IV, VI | knowledge lies only in our own thoughts, and consists barely in 292 IV, VI | when we have applied our thoughts a little nearer to the consideration 293 IV, VII | perfectly acquainted their thoughts with these propositions, 294 IV, VII | makes those familiar to its thoughts, and accustoms itself to 295 IV, VII | unsteady, and we resign up our thoughts to the sound of words, rather 296 IV, VIII | denied of it, there our thoughts stick wholly in sounds, 297 IV, IX | and thereby removed in our thoughts from particular existence, ( 298 IV, X | and application of their thoughts, some arguments prevail 299 IV, X | clearly and cogently to our thoughts, that I deem it impossible 300 IV, X | appeal to every one’s own thoughts, whether he cannot as easily 301 IV, X | limited force, and distinct thoughts, which could never produce 302 IV, X | challenge any one, in his thoughts, to add anything else to 303 IV, X | thinking depends, all the thoughts there must be unavoidably 304 IV, X | mention the narrowness of such thoughts and knowledge that must 305 IV, X | and so regulate its own thoughts or motions, or indeed have 306 IV, X | vulgar notions, and raise our thoughts, as far as they would reach, 307 IV, XI | he may have with his own thoughts,) will never have any controversy 308 IV, XI | at the pleasure of my own thoughts, do not obey them; nor yet 309 IV, XI | needs, when he applies his thoughts to the consideration of 310 IV, XII | distinct, complete ideas their thoughts were employed about, and 311 IV, XII | knowledge of God, will have his thoughts raised to other contemplations 312 IV, XII | methodical application of our thoughts. for the finding out these 313 IV, XII | mathematicians, they would carry our thoughts further, and with greater 314 IV, XII | essences sends us from our own thoughts to the things themselves 315 IV, XII | have been discovered by the thoughts otherwise applied: the mind 316 IV, XIII | without: and so far as men’s thoughts converse with their own 317 IV, XIII | mind, and will turn his thoughts that way, and consider them, 318 IV, XVI | are not actually in their thoughts; nay, which perhaps they 319 IV, XVI | certainty, that they govern our thoughts as absolutely, and influence 320 IV, XVII | proof, without reducing our thoughts to any rule of syllogism. 321 IV, XVII | and to seek in their own thoughts for those right helps of 322 IV, XVII | Roman calls them,) whose thoughts reach only to imitation, 323 IV, XVII | they would employ their thoughts on this subject, could open 324 IV, XVII | and earth, elevates our thoughts as high as the stars, and 325 IV, XVIII | or heard, recall to our thoughts those ideas only which to 326 IV, XX | business, engages some men’s thoughts elsewhere: laziness and 327 IV, XX | others from any serious thoughts at all; and some out of 328 IV, XXI | ideas that makes one man’s thoughts cannot be laid open to the 329 IV, XXI | therefore to communicate our thoughts to one another, as well 330 IV, XXI | For a man can employ his thoughts about nothing, but either,