[13]\'Naturanenobis,inquit,datumdicam,anerrorequodam,ut,cumealocavideamus,inquibusmemoriadignosvirosacceperimusmultimesseversatos,magismoveamur,quamsiquandoeorumipsorumautfactaaudiamusautscriptumaliquodlegamus?Velutegonuncmoveor。VenitenimmihiPlatoinmentem,quemaccepimusprimumhicdisputaresolitum;cuiusetiamillihortulipropinquinonmemoriamsolummihiafferunt,sedipsumvidenturinconspectumeohicponere。HicSpeusippus,hicXenocrates,hiceiusauditorPolemo;cuiusipsaillasessiofuit,quamvidemus。Equidemetiamcuriamnostram,Hostiliamdico,nonhancnovam,quaemihiminoressevideturpostquamestmaior,solebamintuens,Scipionem,Catonem,Laelium,nostrumveroinprimisavumcogitare。Tantavisadmonitionisestinlocis;utnonsinecausaexhismemopriaedeductasitdisciplina。\'——CicerodeFinibus。Lib。v。
[14]Mr。L/OCKE\\dividesallargumentsintodemonstrativeandprobable。Inthisview,wemustsay,thatitisonlyprobablethatallmenmustdie,orthatthesunwillriseto-morrow。Buttoconformourlanguagemoretocommonuse,weoughttodivideargumentsinto,,and。Byproofsmeaningsuchargumentsfromexperienceasleavenoroomfordoubtoropposition。
[15]SectionII。
[16]Mr。L/OCKE\\,inhischapterofpower,saysthat,findingfromexperience,thatthereareseveralnewproductionsinmatter,andconcludingthattheremustsomewherebeapowercapableofproducingthem,wearriveatlastbythisreasoningattheideaofpower。Butnoreasoningcanevergiveusanew,original,simpleidea;asthisphilosopherhimselfconfesses。This,therefore,canneverbetheoriginofthatidea。
[17]ITmaybepretended,thattheresistancewhichwemeetwithinbodies,obligingusfrequentlytoexertourforce,andcallupallourpower,thisgivesustheideaofforceandpower。Itisthis,orstrongendeavour,ofwhichweareconscious,thatistheoriginalimpressionfromwhichthisideaiscopied。But,first,weattributepowertoavastnumberofobjects,wherewenevercansupposethisresistanceorexertionofforcetotakeplace;totheSupremeBeing,whonevermeetswithanyresistance;tothemindinitscommandoveritsideasandlimbs,incommonthinkingandmotion,wheretheeffectfollowsimmediatelyuponthewill,withoutanyexertionorsummoningupofforce;toinanimatematter,whichisnotcapableofthissentiment。,Thissentimentofanendeavourtoovercomeresistancehasnoknownconnexionwithanyevent: