BOOK I PART I
would be much better employed in examining
the effects than the causes of his principle.
Amongst the effects of this union or asso-
ciation of ideas, there are none more remark-
able, than those complex ideas, which are the
common subjects of our thoughts and reason-
ing, and generally arise from some principle of
union among our simple ideas. These complex
ideas may be divided into Relations, Modes,
and Substances. We shall briefly examine each
of these in order, and shall subjoin some con-
siderations concerning our general and partic-
ular ideas, before we leave the present subject,
which may be considered as the elements of
this philosophy.