Chapter 1.

Given The Idea Of Being, The Origin Of Other Ideas Is Explained By Analysis Of Their Elements

Article 1.

The link with what has been said above

Article 2.

Analysis of all acquired ideas

Article 3.

A twofold cause is needed to explain form and matter, the two elements of all acquired ideas

Article 4.

The twofold cause of acquired ideas is the idea of being and sensation

Article 5.

The true interpretation of the Scholastic dictum: 'There is nothing in the understanding that did not first exist in the sense'

Chapter 2.

Another Way Of Explaining The Origin Of Acquired Ideas: Through The Formation Of Human Reason

Article 1.

The idea of being present to our spirit forms the intellect and human reason

Article 2.

Corollary: all acquired ideas depend upon the innate idea of being

Chapter 3.

Third Way Of Explaining The Origin Of Acquired Ideas In General: By The Faculties That Produce Them

Article 1.

Reflection

Article 2.

Universalisation and abstraction

Article 3.

Synthesis of ideas

Chapter 4.

Fourth Way Of Explaining The Origin Of Acquired Ideas In General: By Means Of A Summary Classification Of Ideas Themselves

Article 1.

Classification of our intellections

Article 2.

The basic difficulty in explaining the three listed classes of intellections

Article 3.

Our intelligence needs language as a stimulus in forming abstracts

Article 4.

Intellective perception explained

Article 5.

The necessity of intellective peception

Chapter 5.

The Innate Idea Of Being Resolves The General Difficulty Of The Problem Of The Origin Of Ideas

Article 1.

The difficulty solved

Article 2.

Objections and answers

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