Monday, September 1, 2008

A treatise of human nature

Introduction
The victory is not of the men at arms with pike and sword but by the trumpeters, drummers of the army.
All sciences have a relation greater or less to human nature.

Book 1: Of understanding
Chapter 1: Of ideas, their origin, composition, connexion..etc
Sec 1: Of origin of our ideas.
Perceptions:
- Impression: Feeling
- Ideas: Thinking

Divide : SIMPLE and COMPLEX
Simple ideas have a corresponding simple impression
All our simple ideas are in their first appearance derived from simple impressions.
Any impression is constantly follow by an idea.
First principle: Impressions precede ideas.
It is used to answer if there is any innate ideas.
To prove that the ideas of passion and desire are not innate, we experience it first.



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