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on the improvement of the understanding(戻互堋響嬬薦)-及12何蛍

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specially worthy of remark。 ��y�А�We must understand as much in the case of 

hypotheses put forward                to explain certain movements accompanying 

celestial   phenomena�察             �but   from   these�察  �when   applied   to   the   celestial 

motions�察 �we   any            draw  conclusions   as   to   the  nature  of   the  heavens�察�

whereas   this           last   may   be   quite   different�察  �especially   as   many   other 



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causes are           conceivable which would account for such motions。 ��z�А。�1�� 

It often happens that a man recalls to mind this word soul�察                        �and forms 

at   the   same   time   some   corporeal   image�此  �as   the   two           representations 

are    simultaneous�察     �he   easily   thinks    that  he         imagines      and   feigns    a 

corporeal soul�此�thus confusing the name                      with the thing itself。        ��2�� I 

here    beg    that   my   readers     will   not         be    in  a  hurry    to  refute    this 

proposition�察  �they   will�察  �I   hope�察         �have   no   mind   to   do   so�察  �if   they   pay 

close attention to the              examples given and to what follows。 ��61a�А。�1�� 

Though I seem to deduce this from experience�察�some                              may deny its 

cogency       because     I  have    given    no   formal    proof。          ��2��    I  therefore 

append the following for those who may                        desire it。    ��3�� As there can 

be nothing in nature contrary                  to nature's laws�察�since all things come 

to pass by fixed             laws�察�so that each thing must irrefragably produce its 

own              proper      effect�察   �it  follows     that   the   soul�察   �as   soon     as   it 

possesses   the   true   conception   of   a   thing�察  �proceeds   to           reproduce   in 

thought   that   thing's   effects。     ��4��   See   below�察         �where   I   speak   of   the 

false   idea。   ��64b�А  。�1��   Observe   that   fiction   regarded   in   itself�察  �only   differs 

from   dreams   in   that   in   the   latter   we   do   not   perceive   the         external 

causes   which   we   perceive   through   the   senses   while               awake。      ��2��   It 

has hence been inferred that representations                      occurring in sleep have 

no   connection   with   objects   external             to   us。   ��3��   We   shall   presently 

see that error is the dreaming                of a waking man�此�if it reaches a certain 

pitch it becomes delirium。 ��76z�А�These are not attributes of God displaying 

His essence�察           �as I will show in my philosophy。 ��76a�А。�1�� This has been 

shown already。         ��2�� For if such a being               did not exist it would never 

be produced�察�therefore the mind                    would be able to understand  more 

than nature could furnish�察               �and this has been shown above to be false。 

��78a�А    。�1��  That    is�察 �it  is  known    that   the   senses    sometimes      deceive     us。 

��2��   But   it   is   only   known   confusedly�察  �for   it   is   not   known   how        they 

deceive      us。  ��83d�А   。�1��  If  the   duration    be   indefinite�察   �the  recollection     is 

imperfect�察  �this   everyone   seems   to   have   learnt   from   nature。              ��2��   For 

we often ask�察�to strengthen our belief in something                        we hear of�察�when 

and    where     it  happened�察     �though    ideas         themselves       have    their   own 

duration in the mind�察�yet�察�as we                   are wont to determine duration by 



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the aid of some measure                 of motion which�察�again�察�takes place by aid 

of    imagination�察            �we     preserve     no   memory       connected      with   pure 

intellect。   ��91e�А  �The   chief   rule   of   this   part   is�察  �as   appears   from   the   first 

part�察�to review all the ideas coming to us through pure                       intellect�察�so as 

to distinguish them from such as we imagine�此                      �the distinction will be 

shown   through   the   properties   of   each�察            �namely�察  �of   the   imagination 

and of the understanding。 ��92f�А�Observe that it is thereby manifest that we 

cannot     understand            anything      of   nature    without    at  the   same    time 

increasing our            knowledge of the first cause�察�or God。 



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