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concerning the occasion of this Inquiry into human Understanding. But, | concerning the occasion of this Inquiry into human Understanding. But, | ||
before I proceed on to what I have thought on this subject, I must | before I proceed on to what I have thought on this subject, I must | ||
here in the entrance beg pardon of my reader for the frequent use of | here in the entrance beg pardon of my reader for the frequent use of | ||
the word idea, which he will find in the following treatise. It | the word idea, which he will find in the following treatise. It | ||
| − | being that term which, I think, serves best to stand for whatsoever is | + | being that term which, I think, serves best to stand for <font color="purple">whatsoever is |
the object of the understanding when a man thinks, I have used it to | the object of the understanding when a man thinks, I have used it to | ||
express whatever is meant by phantasm, notion, species, or whatever it | express whatever is meant by phantasm, notion, species, or whatever it | ||
| − | is which the mind can be employed about in thinking; and I could not | + | is which the mind can be employed about in thinking</font>; and I could not |
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1. The way shown how we come by any knowledge, sufficient to prove | 1. The way shown how we come by any knowledge, sufficient to prove | ||
| − | it not innate. It is an established opinion amongst some men, that | + | it not innate. |
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there are in the understanding certain innate principles; some primary | there are in the understanding certain innate principles; some primary | ||
notions, koinai ennoiai, characters, as it were stamped upon the | notions, koinai ennoiai, characters, as it were stamped upon the | ||
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notions or principles. For I imagine any one will easily grant that it | notions or principles. For I imagine any one will easily grant that it | ||
would be impertinent to suppose the ideas of colours innate in a | would be impertinent to suppose the ideas of colours innate in a | ||
| − | creature to whom God hath given sight, and a power to receive them | + | creature to whom God hath given sight, and <font color="purple">a power to receive them |
| − | by the eyes from external objects: and no less unreasonable would it | + | by the eyes from external objects</font>: and no less unreasonable would it |
be to attribute several truths to the impressions of nature, and | be to attribute several truths to the impressions of nature, and | ||
| − | innate characters, when we may observe in ourselves faculties fit to | + | innate characters, when we may observe in ourselves <font color="purple"faculties fit to |
| − | attain as easy and certain knowledge of them as if they were | + | attain as easy and certain knowledge of them</font> as if they were |
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one; which I leave to be considered by those who, with me, dispose | one; which I leave to be considered by those who, with me, dispose | ||
themselves to embrace truth wherever they find it. | themselves to embrace truth wherever they find it. | ||
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John Locke: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding deutsch
Introduction:
8. What "Idea" stands for.
Thus much I thought necessary to say concerning the occasion of this Inquiry into human Understanding. But, before I proceed on to what I have thought on this subject, I must here in the entrance beg pardon of my reader for the frequent use of the word idea, which he will find in the following treatise. It being that term which, I think, serves best to stand for whatsoever is the object of the understanding when a man thinks, I have used it to express whatever is meant by phantasm, notion, species, or whatever it is which the mind can be employed about in thinking; and I could not avoid frequently using it.
Book I, Chapter I:
No Innate Speculative Principles
1. The way shown how we come by any knowledge, sufficient to prove it not innate.
It is an established opinion amongst some men, that there are in the understanding certain innate principles; some primary notions, koinai ennoiai, characters, as it were stamped upon the mind of man; which the soul receives in its very first being, and brings into the world with it. It would be sufficient to convince unprejudiced readers of the falseness of this supposition, if I should only show (as I hope I shall in the following parts of this Discourse) how men, barely by the use of their natural faculties, may attain to all the knowledge they have, without the help of any innate impressions; and may arrive at certainty, without any such original notions or principles. For I imagine any one will easily grant that it would be impertinent to suppose the ideas of colours innate in a creature to whom God hath given sight, and a power to receive them by the eyes from external objects: and no less unreasonable would it be to attribute several truths to the impressions of nature, and innate characters, when we may observe in ourselves <font color="purple"faculties fit to attain as easy and certain knowledge of them as if they were originally imprinted on the mind.
But because a man is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out of the common road, I shall set down the reasons that made me doubt of the truth of that opinion, as an excuse for my mistake, if I be in one; which I leave to be considered by those who, with me, dispose themselves to embrace truth wherever they find it.
