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1 Read | nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities, and see 2 Int | mind; or trouble myself to examine wherein its essence consists; 3 Int | opinion and knowledge; and examine by what measures, in things 4 Int | we shall have occasion to examine the reasons and degrees 5 Int | our own understandings, examine our own powers, and see 6 I, I | prepossessed, take not the pains to examine even what they themselves 7 I, II | taught that they ought not to examine, there are few to be found 8 I, II | not seriously sit down to examine their own tenets; especially 9 I, II | principles, never venturing to examine them, but accustoming himself 10 I, III | not innate ideas. Let us examine that principle of mathematics, 11 I, III | set himself sincerely to examine the truth of these propositions 12 I, III | their duty carefully to examine, and not blindly, with an 13 II, I | these two ways. Let any one examine his own thoughts, and thoroughly 14 II, I | the creation, If we will examine it, we shall not find, I 15 II, VIII | black, and quite another to examine what kind of particles they 16 II, XI | tempers, I will not here examine: it suffices to take notice, 17 II, XI | required no labor of thought to examine what truth or reason there 18 II, XI | of affront to go about to examine it, by the severe rules 19 II, XI | ones,—we may the better examine and learn how the mind extracts, 20 II, XI | to come to truth being to examine things as really they are, 21 II, XI | notions, which, if we will examine the whole course of men 22 II, XI | about them.~I proceed now to examine some of these simple ideas 23 II, XIII | this consideration, and examine those different modifications 24 II, XIII | that men, when they come to examine them, find their simple 25 II, XIII | their thoughts, and do well examine the ideas of their own minds, 26 II, XIII | amongst unthinking men, who examine not scrupulously and carefully 27 II, XIII | requires pains and assiduity to examine its ideas, till it resolves 28 II, XVII | different consideration, to examine whether the mind has the 29 II, XVII | creature, that will but examine his own or any other existence, 30 II, XXI | so evident in fact, and examine, why it is uneasiness alone 31 II, XXI | consider the objects of them, examine them on all sides, and weigh 32 II, XXI | we have opportunity to examine, view, and judge of the 33 II, XXI | consider thoroughly and examine fairly;—God, who knows our 34 II, XXI | understandings may be free to examine, and reason unbiased give 35 II, XXI | of the liberty he had, to examine what would really and truly 36 II, XXI | given him, that he might examine, and take care of his own 37 II, XXI | every particular, if I would examine them at large singly: but 38 II, XXI | consider as a philosopher, and examine on what causes they depend, 39 II, XXII | angry.~To conclude: Let us examine any modes of action, v.g. 40 II, XXIII | So that if any one will examine himself concerning his notion 41 II, XXIII | substances. He that will examine his complex idea of gold, 42 II, XXIII | distinguish things: and to examine them so far as to apply 43 II, XXIII | contradistinguished; and now let us examine which has most obscurity 44 II, XXIII | complex idea of God. For if we examine the idea we have of the 45 II, XXVIII| our voluntary actions, to examine them by, and try their goodness, 46 II, XXIX | to be confused, we must examine what other it is in danger 47 II, XXX | their archetypes. If we examine the several sorts of ideas 48 II, XXXI | suppose, others, when they examine their own knowledge, will 49 II, XXXII | as we shall see, if we examine the particular occasions 50 II, XXXII | we inquire here, when we examine, whether our ideas are capable 51 II, XXXII | ideas. But yet, if we will examine it, we shall find it is 52 II, XXXII | not trouble ourselves to examine it.~16. Simple ideas can 53 III, II | men stand not usually to examine, whether the idea they, 54 III, II | are not always careful to examine or settle their significations 55 III, V | complex idea of substances, examine them by the real existence 56 III, V | together by a name. If we examine how the mind proceeds in 57 III, VI | found essential. Let any one examine his own thoughts, and he 58 III, VI | ignorance. When we come to examine the stones we tread on, 59 III, VI | they are. For if we will examine it, we shall not find the 60 III, VI | species? It is plain, if we examine, there is no such thing 61 III, VII | if it were my business to examine it in its full latitude, 62 III, IX | their significations. To examine the perfection or imperfection 63 III, IX | sorts of ideas: for if we examine them, we shall find that 64 III, IX | dispute, they would first examine and establish amongst them, 65 III, IX | of our ideas, I began to examine the extent and certainty 66 III, X | troubling their heads to examine what are the precise ideas 67 III, X | occasioned this, I will not here examine; but I leave it to be considered, 68 III, XI | neither affirm nor deny, but examine: Or, (2) It is a question 69 IV, I | I should now proceed to examine the several degrees of our 70 IV, II | mind has found out ways to examine, and discover demonstratively, 71 IV, III | them; because we cannot examine and perceive all the relations 72 IV, III | different ideas we would examine, we cannot always find such 73 IV, III | real existence. I shall examine how far our knowledge extends 74 IV, III | methods were thought on to examine or pursue their agreement 75 IV, III | of them step by step to examine their several correspondences. 76 IV, III | without permitting them to examine their truth or falsehood; 77 IV, IV | the nature of things, and examine them by what our faculties 78 IV, V | worth our while carefully to examine wherein it consists, and 79 IV, VII | them alone; and also to examine how far they influence and 80 IV, VII | parts of our knowledge, and examine more particularly to what 81 IV, VIII | come to press them, and examine nicely what they contain, 82 IV, X | of a God, I will not here examine. For in the different make 83 IV, XII | the nature of the ideas we examine, and the truth we search 84 IV, XII | in that particular body I examine) makes me not certain, that 85 IV, XIV | often stay not warily to examine the agreement or disagreement 86 IV, XV | proceed rationally, ought to examine all the grounds of probability, 87 IV, XVI | he embraces, every day to examine the proofs: both which are 88 IV, XVI | what is out of his mind, examine all the particulars, to 89 IV, XVII | we have need to find out, examine, and compare the grounds 90 IV, XVII | that he could get so to examine the grounds of syllogisms, 91 IV, XIX | discover the sun, as to examine the celestial ray by our 92 IV, XIX | internal light examined. But to examine a little soberly this internal 93 IV, XIX | then, stand them upon to examine upon what grounds they presume 94 IV, XIX | must consult reason, and examine whether a proposition revealed 95 IV, XIX | consult it we must, and by it examine whether it be a revelation 96 IV, XIX | persuasions: if reason must not examine their truth by something 97 IV, XX | things, I will not here examine: but this I am sure, that 98 IV, XX | it matters not here to examine: only this is evident, that 99 IV, XX | to this, I will not here examine. This I readily grant, that 100 IV, XX | admits for a principle, to examine it strictly, and see whether 101 IV, XX | themselves, as to be persuaded to examine even those very principles, 102 IV, XX | seriously to inquire and examine the probability: there I 103 IV, XX | and troubles himself to examine the grounds of this or that