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3. Communication bywords, civil or philosophical. 4. Theimperfection of words is the doubtfulness of their signification.

5. Causes of their imperfec

tion.

6. The names of mixed modes
doubtful: first, because
the ideas, they stand for,
are so complex.
7. Secondly, because they
have no standards.
8. Propriety not a sufficient
remedy.

9. The way of learning these names contributes also to their doubtfulness. 10. Hence unavoidable obscu rity in ancient authors. 11. Names of substances, of doubtful signification. 12. Names of substances referred, first, to real essences, that cannot be known. 13, 14. Secondly, to co-existing qualities,

which are

known but imperfectly. 15. With this imperfection they may serve for civil, but not well for philoso phical use.

16. Instance, liquor of the

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Of knowledge in general. SECT.

1. Our knowledge conver

sant about our ideas. 2. Knowledge is the percep tion of the agreement, or disagreement, of two ideas.

3. This agreement fourfold.
4. First, of identity, or di-
verfity.

5. Secondly, relation.
6. Thirdly, of co-existence.
7. Fourthly, of realexistence.
S. Knowledge actual or ha-
bitual.

9. Habitualknowledge, two-
fold.

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5. Not without precedent doubt.

6. Not so clear.

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