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The foundation of it is in the
similitude found in things,
ibid. § 36, 37

Everydistinet, abstractideamakes
a different species, ibid. § 38
Speech, its end, 1. 427, § 1, 2
Proper speech, I. 434, § 8
Intelligible, ibid.
Spirits, the existence of spirits not
knowable, II. 207, §
How it is proved, ibid.
Operation of spirits on bodies,

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not conceivable, II, 122, § 28
What knowledge they have of
bodies, II. 54, § 23
Separate, how their knowledge
may exceed ours, I. 132, §9
We have as clear a notion of the
substance of spirit, as of body,
1. 290, § 5

A conjecture, concerning one way
of knowledge wherein spirits

excel us, I. 298, § 13
Our ideas of spirit, 1. 300, § 15
As clear as that of body, ibid.:
1. 303, § 22
Primary ideas belonging to spi-
rits, I. 301, § 18
Move, 1. 301-2, § 19, 20
Ideas of spirit and body, com.
pared, I. 303, § 22: 1. 308,
§30

The existence of spirits, as easy,
to be admitted, as that of bo-
dies, I. 307, § 28

We have no idea, how spirits
communicate their thoughts,
I. 312, § 36

How far we are ignorant of the
being, species, and properties
of spirits, II. 121, § 27
The word, spirit, does not ne.
cessarily denote immaterial-
ity, II. 81

The scripture speaks of material
spirits, ibid.
Stupidity, I. 132, § 8
Substance, 1. 282, § 1
No idea of it, I. 68, § 18
Not very knowable, ibid.
Our certainty, concerning sub-
stances, reaches but a little

way, II. 132, §11, 12: II.
155, § 15

The confused idea of substance
in general, makes always a
part of the essence of the spe.
cies of substances, I. 486, § 21
In substances, we must rectify
the signification of their names,
by the things, more than by
definitions, II. 54, § 24
Their ideas single, or collective,
1, 145, §6

We have no distinet idea of sub.
stance, I. 155-6, § 18, 19
We have no idea of pure sub-
stance, I. 283, § 2
Our ideas of the sorts of sub-
stances, I. 286-9, § 3, 4: I.
292, § 6

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Observables, in our ideas of sub-
stances, I. 312, § 37
Collective ideas of substances, I.
314, &c.
They are single ideas, ibid. § 2.
Three sorts of substances, I. 326,
§2

The ideas of substances, have in
the mind a double reference,
I. 400, § 6

The properties of substances, nu.
merous, and not all to be
known, I. 404-5, § 9, 10.
The perfectest ideas of substan
ces, I. 293, §7
Three sorts of ideas make our
complex one of substances, I.
295, § 9

Substance, not discarded by the
essay, I. 286, &c. note
The author's account of it as
clear, as that of noted logi...
cians, I. 288, &c. note

We talk like children about it,
1. 285, § 2: I. 290, note
The author makes not the being
of it depend on the fancies of
men, 1. 283, &c. note
Idea of it obscure, 11.80, &c.note
The author's principles consist
with the certainty of its ex
istence, 1. 284, note
Subtilty, what, II. 26, § 8

Suc-

Succession, an idea got chiefly from
the train of our ideas, I. 108,
§9: 1. 165, § 6

Which train is the measure of it,
I. 167, § 12
Summum bonum, wherein it con.
sists, 1. 255, § 55
Sun, the name of a species, though
but one, I. 474, §1
Syllogism, no help to reasoning, II.
242, § 4
The use of syllogism, ibid.
Inconvenienciesofsyllogism, ibid
Of no use in probabilities, II.
252, § 5

Helps not to new discoveries,
ibid. § 6

Or the improvement of our know.
ledge, II. 253, §7
Whether, in syllogism, the mid-
dle terms may not be better
placed, II. 255, § 8
May be about particulars, II.
254, § 8

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Tradition, the older, the less credí.
ble, II. 235, § 10
Trifling propositions, II. 176
Discourses, II. 183-4, § 9,10,11
Truth, what, II. 138, § 2: II.
140, § 5: II. 143,§9
Of thought, II. 139, §3: II.
143, §9
Of words, II. 139, §3
Verbal and real, II. 142-3, § 8,9
Moral, II. 143, § 11
Metaphysical, 1. 408, § 2: II.
144, § 1
General, seldom apprehended,
but in words, II. 144, §2
In what it consists, II. 140, 15
Love ofit necessary, II. 271,91
How we may know we love it,
II. 272, § 1

V.

VACUUM possible, I. 158,

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Motion proves a vacuum,
ibid. § 23

We have an idea of it, I. 100,
§3: 1. 102, § 5

Variety in men's pursuits, accounted
for, 1. 255, § 54, &c.
Virtue, what, in reality, I. 47, §18
What in its common application,
1. 40, § 10, 11
Is preferable, under a bare possi.
bility of a future state, 1. 268,
§70

How taken, I. 47, § 17, 18
Vice lies in wrong measures of
good, II. 294, § 16
Understanding, what, I. 223-4
§5,6
Like a dark room, I. 142, § 17
When rightly used, I. 3, §5
Three sorts of perception in the
understanding, I. 223, § 5
Wholly passive in the reception
of simple ideas, I. 92, § 25
Uneasiness alone determines the will
to a new action, I. 236, &c.
§ 29, 31, 33, &c.
Why it determines the will, I,
241, § 36, 37

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Universality, is only in signs, I.
440, §11
Universals, how made, I. 138, § 9
Volition, what, I. 223, §5: Ι.
228, § 15: 1,235, §.28
Better known by reflection, than
words, I. 236, § 30,

Voluntary, what, I. 223, §5: 1.
226, § 11: 1. 235, §.27

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W:

THAT is, is, is not univer-
sally assented to, I. 14, §4

Where and when, 1. 184, § 8
Whole, bigger than its parts, its
use, 11. 165, §11

And part not innate ideas, 1. 56,
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Will, what, I. 223-4, § 5, 6: I.
228, § 16: 1. 236, § 29
What determines the will, ibid.
$29

Often confounded with desire,
ibid. § 30

Is conversant only about our own
actions, I. 237, § 30
Terminates in them, I. 244, § 40
Is determined by the greatest,
present, removeable uneasi-
ness, ibid.

Wit and judgment, wherein diffe.
rent, I. 135, § 2

Words, an ill use of words, one
great hindrance of knowledge,
II. 124, § 30
Abuse of words, II. 22
Sects introduce words without
signification, ibid. § 2
The schools have coined multi.
tudes of insignificant words,
ibid. § 2

And rendered others obscure, II.
25, §6

Often used without signification,
II. 23, § 3

And why, II. 24, §5.
VOL. II.

This abuse of words is a cause of
obstinacy in errour, II. 31,516
Making them stand for real essen-
ces, which we know not, is
an abuse of words, 11. 32-3,
§17, 18

The supposition of their certain,
evident signification, an abuse
of words, II. 35, §22
Use of words is, 1. To commu.
nicate ideas. 2. With quick-
ness. 3. To convey know.
ledge, II. 37-8, § 23, 24
How they fail in all these, II.
38, § 26, &c.
How in substances, II. 40, § 32
How in modes and relations,
ibid. § 33

Misuse of words, a great cause
of errour, II. 43, § 4
Of obstinacy, ibid. §5
And of wrangling, II. 44, §6
Signify one thing, in inquiries;
and another in disputes, I. 45,
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The meaning of words is made
known, in simple ideas, by
showing, I. 49, § 14
In mixed modes, by defining,
ibid. § 15

In substances, by showing and
defining too, II. 52, § 19: II.
53, § 21, 22

The ill consequence of learning
words first, and their meaning
afterwards, II. 55, § 24
No shame to ask men the mean.
ing of their words, where they
are doubtful, II. 56, § 25
Are to be used, constantly in the
same sense, II. 57, § 26
Or else to be explained, where
the context determines it not,
II. 58, § 27

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How made general, I. 427, § 3
Signifying insensible things, de.
rived from names of sensible

ideas, I. 428, §5.
Have no natural signification, I.
430, § 1

But by imposition, I: 434, § 8
Stand immediately for the ideas
of the speaker, I. 431-2, § 1,
2,3

Yet with a double reference

1. To the ideas, in the hearer's
mind, L. 432, § 4
2. To the reality of things, ib. § 5
Apt, by custom, to excite ideas,
1. 433, § 6

Often used without signification,
ibid. § 7
Most general, I. 435, § 1
Why some words of one language
cannot be translated into those
of another, I. 467, § 8

Why I have been so large on
words, I. 472, § 16

New words, or in new significa.
tions, are cautiously to be
used, I. 509, § 51
Civil use of words, II. 7,93
Philosophical use of words, ibid.
These very different, 11. 15, § 15
Miss their end when they excite
not, in the hearer, the same
idea, as in the mind of the
speaker, II. 7, § 4
What words are most doubtful,
and why, ibid. § 5, &c.
What unintelligible, ibid.
Are fitted to the use of common
life, II. 6, §2
Not translateable, 1. 467, § 8
Worship, not an innate idea, 1. 57,

§7

Wrangle, when we wrangle about
words, II. 185, § 13
Writings ancient, why hardly to be
precisely understood, II. 20,

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ACON (lord) his history of
Henry VII, 410
Baudrand, his dictionary commend-
ed, 412

Bayle's dictionary commended,
ibid.

Belief, what it is, 440
Burgeron (Peter) his collection of

voyages, 410

Bernier, his Memoirs of the Grand
Mogul commended, ibid.
Blood, the circulation of it, 433

Bodies, luminous, pellucid, and
opake, 434

Boileau, his translation of Longinus
commended, 407

Bottom of a question should be
sought for, 395

Bracton, that author commended,
408
Brady, commended, 409
Brown, his travels commended, 410
Bruyere, his Characters a fine piece
of painting, 411

Burnet, bishop of Sarum, his his-
tory of the reformation com.
mended, 411

CESAR

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his Commentaries, 407
Calepin, his dictionary com-
mended, 412

Camden, his Britannia commended,

409

Cange, (Charles du) his Glossarium
mediæ & infimæ Latinitatis,
commended, 412

Cannon bullet, how long it would
be in coming from the sun to
the earth, 422

Cervantes, his Don Quixote, 411
Chillingworth, his elogium, 407
Chronology, books that treat of it,
410.

Common-place-book, Mr. Locke's
new method of making one,
441, &c.
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