BOOK I PART I
become general in their representation. The im-
age in the mind is only that of a particular ob-
ject, though the application of it in our reason-
ing be the same, as if it were universal.
This application of ideas beyond their na-
ture proceeds from our collecting all their pos-
sible degrees of quantity and quality in such an
imperfect manner as may serve the purposes
of life, which is the second proposition I pro-
posed to explain. When we have found a re-
semblance^2 among several objects, that often
(^2) It is evident, that even different simple ideas may
have a similarity or resemblance to each other; nor is it
necessary, that the point or circumstance of resemblance
shoud be distinct or separable from that in which they
differ.Blueandgreenare different simple ideas, but are
more resembling thanblueandscarlet; tho their perfect
simplicity excludes all possibility of separation or dis-
tinction. It is the same case with particular sounds, and