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John Locke
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Section S6
Section 144 of 1,114
Canonical reference B2.C8.S6
English
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And thus one may truly be said to see darkness. For, supposing a hole perfectly dark, from whence no light is reflected, it is certain one may see the figure of it, or it may be painted; or whether the ink I write with makes any other idea, is a question. The privative causes I have here assigned of positive ideas are according to the common opinion; but, in truth, it will be hard to determine whether there be really any ideas from a privative cause, till it be determined, whether rest be any more a privation than motion.
French
Pierre Coste · Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, 1735, third edition
On peut donc dire avec vérité qu’un homme voit les ténébres. Car ſuppoſons un trou parfaitement obſcur, d’où il ne reflechiſſe aucune lumiére, il eſt certain qu’on en peut voir la figure ou la repreſenter ; & je ne ſai ſi l’idée produite par l’ancre dont j’écris, vient par une autre voye. En propoſant ces privations comme des cauſes d’idées poſitives, j’ai ſuivi l’opinion vulgaire ; mais dans le fond il ſera mal-aiſé de déterminer s’il y a effectivement aucune idée, qui vienne d’une cauſe privative, juſqu’à ce qu’on ait déterminé, ſi le Repos eſt plûtôt une privation que le Mouvement.
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