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1 Pre, Int, 1 | 1. Philosophy being nothing else but the study 2 Pre, Int, 2 | Besides, the mind of man being finite, when it treats of 3 Pre, Int, 2 | ever extricate itself, it being of the nature of infinite 4 Pre, Int, 7 | But, we are told, the mind being able to consider each quality 5 Pre, Int, 9 | the rest. Moreover, their being a great variety of other 6 Pre, Int, 9 | particular shape or figure, there being no one shape or figure common 7 Pre, Int, 9 | feathers, scales, and nakedness being the distinguishing properties 8 Pre, Int, 11 | Words become general by being made the signs of general 9 Pre, Int, 11 | word becomes general by being made the sign, not of an 10 Pre, Int, 12 | particular, becomes general by being made to represent or stand 11 Pre, Int, 12 | line becomes general by being made a sign, so the name " 12 Pre, Int, 12 | absolutely is particular, by being a sign is made general. 13 Pre, Int, 12 | its generality not to its being the sign of an abstract 14 Pre, Int, 15 | things, names, or notions, being in their own nature particular, 15 Pre, Int, 17 | too clearly known to need being insisted on. And it had 16 Pre, Int, 17 | mankind, otherwise than by being an innocent diversion and 17 Pre, Int, 19 | stands for an idea. This being so, and it being withal 18 Pre, Int, 19 | idea. This being so, and it being withal certain that names 19 Pre, Int, 19 | reading and discoursing, names being for the most part used as 20 Pre, Int, 20 | what it is? Or is not the being threatened with danger sufficient 21 Pre, Int, 23 | use words for ideas - it being found an impracticable thing 22 Pre, Int, 24 | 24. But, these being known to be mistakes, a 23 Pre, Int, 24 | greater ease prevent his being imposed on by words. He 24 Pre, Int, 25 | be out of all danger of being deceived by my words, and 25 Text, 0, 2 | This perceiving, active being is what I call mind, spirit, 26 Text, 0, 2 | existence of an idea consists in being perceived.~ 27 Text, 0, 3 | without any relation to their being perceived, that seems perfectly 28 Text, 0, 4 | real, distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. 29 Text, 0, 5 | sensible objects from their being perceived, so as to conceive 30 Text, 0, 6 | without a mind, that their being is to be perceived or known; 31 Text, 0, 6 | some Eternal Spirit - it being perfectly unintelligible, 32 Text, 0, 6 | in his own thoughts the being of a sensible thing from 33 Text, 0, 6 | sensible thing from its being perceived.~ 34 Text, 0, 10 | even in thought, capable of being abstracted from them, it 35 Text, 0, 11 | nowhere without the mind, being entirely relative, and changing 36 Text, 0, 17 | those sounds but the idea of Being in general, together with 37 Text, 0, 17 | accidents. The general idea of Being appeareth to me the most 38 Text, 0, 22 | possibility of your opinions being true shall pass for an argument 39 Text, 0, 25 | discover to us that the very being of an idea implies passiveness 40 Text, 0, 25 | or pattern of any active being, as is evident from sect. 41 Text, 0, 27 | simple, undivided, active being - as it perceives ideas 42 Text, 0, 27 | for all ideas whatever, being passive and inert (vide 43 Text, 0, 27 | idea of any power or active being, and whether he has ideas 44 Text, 0, 27 | third idea of Substance or Being in general, with a relative 45 Text, 0, 27 | notion of its supporting or being the subject of the aforesaid 46 Text, 0, 27 | different from ideas, and which, being an agent, cannot be like 47 Text, 0, 33 | excited in the imagination being less regular, vivid, and 48 Text, 0, 36 | perceive by sense - which, being impressed upon them according 49 Text, 0, 36 | system, is as much a real being by our principles as by 50 Text, 0, 38 | does so - the word idea not being used in common discourse 51 Text, 0, 40 | doubt than I do of my own being. But I do not see how the 52 Text, 0, 41 | oneself burnt, and actually being so: if you suspect it to 53 Text, 0, 42 | not exist in the mind; it being absurd that those things 54 Text, 0, 45 | an idea distinct from its being perceived. For my part, 55 Text, 0, 45 | archetypes to exist without being perceived, then I give up 56 Text, 0, 52 | unavoidable, since, propriety being regulated by custom, language 57 Text, 0, 54 | some senseless unthinking being. But, that they should clearly 58 Text, 0, 56 | not the authors - as not being excited from within nor 59 Text, 0, 56 | subsistence distinct from being perceived, of which our 60 Text, 0, 56 | the former, namely, their being conscious that they were 61 Text, 0, 58 | such thing. For, motion being only an idea, it follows 62 Text, 0, 60 | and put together; which, being ideas, have nothing powerful 63 Text, 0, 60 | Intelligence do it, without his being at the pains of making the 64 Text, 0, 60 | in the movements, which being mended by a skilful hand 65 Text, 0, 62 | in the movements, which being once corrected all is right 66 Text, 0, 63 | acknowledgement of the Divine Being; but then they are to be 67 Text, 0, 63 | us into a belief of His Being by anomalous and surprising 68 Text, 0, 64 | at random produced, there being a certain order and connexion 69 Text, 0, 64 | the hand of nature that, being hid as it were behind the 70 Text, 0, 64 | the theatre of the world, being themselves discernible only 71 Text, 0, 64 | since those instruments, being barely inefficacious perceptions 72 Text, 0, 64 | according to rule; it not being credible that He would be 73 Text, 0, 66 | live, move, and have our being."~ 74 Text, 0, 69 | is also unperceivable, as being devoid of all sensible qualities, 75 Text, 0, 70 | regular occasions of their being produced. That is to say, 76 Text, 0, 70 | immediately affect us, as being altogether passive and unperceivable 77 Text, 0, 71 | idea, from perceiving and being perceived; but whether there 78 Text, 0, 72 | it is evident that the being of a spirit infinitely wise, 79 Text, 0, 72 | supposition. For, as to its being an occasion, we have, I 80 Text, 0, 73 | in process of time, men being convinced that colours, 81 Text, 0, 73 | any reason to suppose the being of Matter; nay, that it 82 Text, 0, 74 | and indefinite notions of being, or occasion, though without 83 Text, 0, 81 | exceeding those the Author of my being has bestowed on me, I see 84 Text, 0, 81 | idea, from perceived and being perceived, is, I suspect, 85 Text, 0, 82 | more than mere ideas; there being in Holy Writ innumerable 86 Text, 0, 86 | their own distinct from being perceived by spirits. This, 87 Text, 0, 87 | are perfectly known, there being nothing in them which is 88 Text, 0, 88 | things, distinct from their being perceived, it is not only 89 Text, 0, 88 | nature of any real unthinking being, but even that it exists. 90 Text, 0, 88 | as well doubt of my own being as of the being of those 91 Text, 0, 88 | of my own being as of the being of those things which I 92 Text, 0, 88 | actually perceive by sense; it being a manifest contradiction 93 Text, 0, 88 | existence of an unthinking being consists in being perceived.~ 94 Text, 0, 88 | unthinking being consists in being perceived.~ 95 Text, 0, 89 | of those words. Thing or Being is the most general name 96 Text, 0, 90 | the mind; since the very being of a sensation or idea consists 97 Text, 0, 90 | sensation or idea consists in being perceived, and an idea can 98 Text, 0, 91 | need of a support, as not being able to subsist by themselves. 99 Text, 0, 91 | existence distinct from being perceived, and cannot therefore 100 Text, 0, 91 | beings, or distinct from being perceived by any mind whatsoever, 101 Text, 0, 92 | those who maintained the being of a God, have thought Matter 102 Text, 0, 94 | other existence but barely being perceived, doubtless they 103 Text, 0, 96 | 96. Matter being once expelled out of nature 104 Text, 0, 98 | equally absurd. Time therefore being nothing, abstracted from 105 Text, 0, 99 | may be abstracted from its being perceived. But, whoever 106 Text, 0, 102| efficient cause than spirit, it being evident that motion, as 107 Text, 0, 103| how are we enlightened by being told this is done by attraction? 108 Text, 0, 103| bodies instead of their being impelled or protruded towards 109 Text, 0, 106| is that gravitation from being essential to bodies that 110 Text, 0, 108| knowing their analogy, or being able to say by what rule 111 Text, 0, 111| an absolute Space, which, being unperceivable to sense, 112 Text, 0, 111| measure thereof, which, being movable and defined by its 113 Text, 0, 111| whole. Secondly, the place being moved, that which is placed 114 Text, 0, 112| there was one only body in being it could not possibly be 115 Text, 0, 116| motion does not imply the being of an absolute Space, distinct 116 Text, 0, 116| confess seems impossible, as being a most abstract idea. When 117 Text, 0, 120| any such idea. But, number being defined a "collection of 118 Text, 0, 121| the same rule or analogy being observed throughout, it 119 Text, 0, 121| to them. For, these signs being known, we can by the operations 120 Text, 0, 122| other account but their being signs, or capable to represent 121 Text, 0, 127| yet these described lines, being only marks standing for 122 Text, 0, 128| itself as consisting of, or being divisible into, a thousand 123 Text, 0, 132| evident this is never done, it being impossible.~ 124 Text, 0, 133| unthinking things from their being perceived, and allowing 125 Text, 0, 133| barely precarious, as not being grounded on so much as one 126 Text, 0, 133| general pretence of "infinites being incomprehensible"; if withal 127 Text, 0, 135| that is assigned for our being thought ignorant of the 128 Text, 0, 136| should blame them for not being able to comprehend a round 129 Text, 0, 137| existence whereof consists in being perceived, should be the 130 Text, 0, 139| existence consists only in being perceived; whereas a soul 131 Text, 0, 139| soul or spirit is an active being, whose existence consists, 132 Text, 0, 139| existence consists, not in being perceived, but in perceiving 133 Text, 0, 141| Creator who first gave it being, but only that it is not 134 Text, 0, 141| easily dissipated than such a being, which it is naturally impossible 135 Text, 0, 141| uncompounded substance; such a being therefore is indissoluble 136 Text, 0, 142| have an idea of an active being, or of an action, although 137 Text, 0, 144| operations of the mind, than the being used to speak of those things 138 Text, 0, 147| more strongly evince the being of that Spirit who is the 139 Text, 0, 148| perceived by sense, as not being an idea; when therefore 140 Text, 0, 148| our own minds; and these being exhibited to our view in 141 Text, 0, 148| anywise perceive by sense, being a sign or effect of the 142 Text, 0, 149| and move, and have our being." That the discovery of 143 Text, 0, 150| by Nature is meant some being distinct from God, as well 144 Text, 0, 151| plain from sect. 62; it being visible that the aforesaid 145 Text, 0, 152| than a pebble does; nothing being more evident than that an 146 Text, 0, 154| conviction and evidence of the Being of God which might be expected