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John Locke
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Section S5
Section 580 of 1,114
Canonical reference B2.C32.S5
English
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First, when the mind supposes any idea it has CONFORMABLE to that in OTHER MEN’S MINDS, called by the same common name; v.g. when the mind intends or judges its ideas of justice, temperance, religion, to be the same with what other men give those names to.
Secondly, when the mind supposes any idea it has in itself to be CONFORMABLE to some REAL EXISTENCE. Thus the two ideas of a man and a centaur, supposed to be the ideas of real substances, are the one true and the other false; the one having a conformity to what has really existed, the other not. Thirdly, when the mind REFERS any of its ideas to that REAL constitution and ESSENCE of anything, whereon all its properties depend: and thus the greatest part, if not all our ideas of substances, are false.
French
Pierre Coste · Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, 1735, third edition
Prémiérement, lorſque l’Eſprit ſuppoſe que quelqu’une de ſes idées eſt conforme à une idée qui eſt dans l’Eſprit d’une autre perſonne ſous un même nom commun : quand, par exemple, l’Eſprit s’imagine ou juge que ſes Idées de Juſtice, de Temperance, de Religion, ſont les mêmes que celles que d’autres hommes déſignent par ces noms-là.
En ſecond lieu, lorſque l’Eſprit ſuppoſe qu’une Idée qu’il a en lui-même eſt conforme à quelque choſe qui exiſte réellement. Ainſi, l’Idée d’un homme & celle d’un Centaure étant ſuppoſées des Idées de ceux Subſtances réelles, l’une eſt véritable & l’autre fauſſe, l’une étant conforme à ce qui a exiſté réellement, & l’autre ne l’étant pas.
En troiſiéme lieu, lorſque l’Eſprit rapporte quelqu’une de ſes Idées à cette eſſence ou conſtitution réelle d’où dépendent toutes ſes propriétez ; & en ce ſens, la plus grande partie de nos Idées des Subſtances, pour ne pas dire toutes, ſont fauſſes.
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Care of the soul
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Constitutional government
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Degrees of knowledge and probability
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Family
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Ideas from sensation and reflection
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Impressions and assent
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Judgment
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Justice
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Knowledge
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Nominal and real essence
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Personal identity and consciousness
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Primary and secondary qualities
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Reason
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Self-governance
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Simple and complex ideas
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Spirit
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Substance
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