Note.- (11:8) Here, I doubt not, readers will come to a stand, and will
call to mind many things which will cause them to hesitate; I therefore
beg them to accompany me slowly, step by step, and not to pronounce on
my statements, till they have read to the end.
Prop.[XII] Whatsoever comes to pass in the object of the idea,
which constitutes the human mind, must be perceived
by the human mind, or there will necessarily be an
idea in the human mind of the said occurrence. That
is, if the object of the idea constituting the human
mind be a body, nothing can take place in that body
without being perceived by the mind.
Proof.- (12:1) Whatsoever comes to pass in the object of any idea, the
knowledge thereof is necessarily in God ([ix] , Coroll.), in so far as
he is considered as affected by the idea of the said object, that is (xi] ),
in so far as he constitutes the mind of anything. (2) Therefore,
whatsoever takes place in the object constituting the idea of the human
mind, the knowledge thereof is necessarily in God, in so far as he
constitutes the nature of the human mind; that is (by [xi] Coroll.) the
knowledge of the said thing wild necessarily be in the mind, in other
words the mind perceives it.
Note.- (12:3) This proposition is also evident, and is more clearly to
be understood from [vii] , which see.
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