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The Origin Of Thought

   
 

Part Four

 

Origin Of Pure Ideas, Which Derive Nothing From Feeling

   

Contents

 

Chapter 1.

Origin Of Elementary Ideas Or Concepts Of Being

 

Article 1.

List of elementary ideas of being

 

Article 2.

Origin of these concepts

Chapter 2.

Origin Of The Idea Of Substance

 

Article 1.

The question relative to the origin of the idea of substance

 

Article 2.

Description and analysis of all that we think about substance

 

Article 3.

The three ideas of substance follow one from the other

 

Article 4.

All judgments on the subsistence of substances are explained when one difficulty is overcome

 

Article 5.

The explanation of the specific idea of substance depends on the difficulty found in accounting for judgments on the subsistence of substances

 

Article 6.

Explanation of the perception of individuals

Chapter 3.

Origin Of The Ideas Of Cause And Effect

 

Article 1.

Purpose of this chapter

 

Article 2.

The Proposition

 

Article 3.

The proposition analysed, and the difficulty uncovered

 

Article 4.

Explanation of the difficulty in uncovering the origin of the idea of cause

 

Article 5.

Distinction between substance and cause

 

Article 6.

The understanding completes sense-perceptions

 

Article 7.

Application of the teaching on substance to internal feeling


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