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IntroduC!ion; §. r.S ince it is the VMa;landing that (ets Man ~bovc thcrell: of re~r.ble Beings, and gives him all the Advantage and Dominion, which he has over them; it is certainly a Subject, e\'en for its Noblenefs, wahl> our Labot1r to enqtiire into. The Underthnding, like the Eye, whiHl: it makes us fee, and perceive all ot!kr Thing<, takes no notice of it felf: And it requ ires Art arid Pains to fet it at a d•ftance, and make it its own Object: But whatever be the Difficulties, that lie in the way of this Enquiry; whatever it be, that keeps us fo much in the Dark to our felves; fttre I am, that all the Light we can let in upon our own Minds; all the Acquaintance we can make with our own Underftmdings; will not only be very pleafant; but bring us great Advantage, in direc:ting our Thoughts in the fearch of other Things. §. 2.. This, therefore, being my Purpofe to enquire into the Original, O:rtairity,and E~tent of humane Knowledge; together, witli the Grounds and Degrees of Belief, Opihion, and Aifent ; t fl1all not at prefent meddle wid\ the Phyfical Cdnlideration of the Mirid ; or trouble my felf to examine, ·wherein its Eifence confifts, or by what Motioru of our Spirits, or Alterations. of our Bodies, we come to have any Sen[1tion by our Organs, or any idea's in our Underllandings; and whether thofe Ide-'s do in their Formation, any, or all of them, depend on Matter, or no. Thefc: ·are Speculations, which, however curious arid entertaining,llhall decline, as lying out of my Way, in the Defign I am now upon. It !hall fullice to my prefent Purpofe, to confider the difcerning Faculties of a Man, as they arcemploy'd about the ObjcGts, which they have to do with: and I /hall imagine I have not wholly mifimploy'd my felf in the Thoughts I /hall have ori this Occaf.ori, if, in this Hiftorical plain Method, I can give any Account of the Ways, whereby our Underftandings come to attain thofe Notions of Thing< we have, arid can fet down any Meafures of the Certainty of our Knowledge, or the Grounds of thofe Perfwafiods, which are to be found amongrl: Men, fo various, different, and wholly contradi' crary; and yetatTerted fomewherc or other With fuch Aifurance,andCon' fidence, thar he that /hall take a view of the Opiniori'sof Mankind, obfcrve their Oppofition, and at the fame time, confider the Fondnefs,and Devotion wherewith they nrecmbrac'd; the Refolution,and Ear;ernefs, wherewith they are maintain'd, may perhaps have Reafnn to fillpect, That ei' ther there i• no fuclt thing as Truth at all ; or that Mankind !11th no fulficicnt Mean< to attain a certain Knowledge of it. §. J· It is theretore Worth while, t'o fearch out the Bounds between Opinion and 1\nowledgc; and examine by what Mea!Ures, in things where~ of we ha1·e no cert~m Knowledge, we ought to regulate our Jl.llcnt, and tl moderate |