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John Locke
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Section S4
Section 843 of 1,114
Canonical reference B4.C2.S4
English
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This knowledge, by intervening proofs, though it be certain, yet the evidence of it is not altogether so clear and bright, nor the assent so ready, as in intuitive knowledge. For, though in demonstration the mind does at last perceive the agreement or disagreement of the ideas it considers; yet it is not without pains and attention: there must be more than one transient view to find it. A steady application and pursuit are required to this discovery: and there must be a progression by steps and degrees, before the mind can in this way arrive at certainty, and come to perceive the agreement or repugnancy between two ideas that need proofs and the use of reason to show it.
French
Pierre Coste · Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, 1735, third edition
Quoi que cette eſpèce de Connoiſſance qui nous vient par le ſecours des preuves, ſoit certaine, elle n’a pourtant pas une évidence ſi forte ni ſi vive, & ne ſe fait pas recevoir ſi promptement, que la Connoiſſance de ſimple vûë. Car quoi que dans une Démonſtration, l’Eſprit apperçoive enfin la convenance ou la disconvenance des idées qu’il conſidere, ce n’eſt pourtant pas ſans peine & ſans attention ; ce n’eſt pas par une ſeule vûë paſſagère qu’on peut la découvrir ; mais en s’appliquant fortement & ſans relâche. Il faut s’engager dans une certaine progreſſion d’Idées, faite peu à peu & par dégrez, avant que l’Eſprit puiſſe arriver par cette voye à la Certitude, & appercevoir la convenance ou l’oppoſition qui eſt entre deux idées, ce qu’on ne peut reconnoître que par des preuves enchaînées l’une à l’autre, & en faiſant l’uſage de ſa Raiſon.
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