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A51655 Malebranch's search after truth, or, A treatise of the nature of the humane mind and of its management for avoiding error in the sciences : vol I : done out of French from the last edition.; Recherche de la vérité. English Malebranche, Nicolas, 1638-1715. 1694 (1694) Wing M315; ESTC R4432 349,306 512

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they_o shall_v for_o want_v of_o term_n entangle_v themselves_o and_o tire_v the_o mind_n of_o those_o that_o be_v not_o accustom_a to_o a_o serious_a attention_n from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v it_o be_v easy_a to_o judge_v that_o the_o vie●s_n of_o a_o irregular_a imagination_n be_v extreme_o contagious_a and_o th●●_n they_o very_o easy_o insinuate_v and_o dispe●●e_v themselves_o into_o the_o mind_n of_o most_o people_n but_o they_o who_o have_v a_o strong_a imagination_n be_v usual_o en●●●es_v to_o reason_n and_o good_a sense_n because_o of_o their_o want_n of_o wit_n and_o the_o phantome_n of_o their_o brain_n to_o which_o they_o be_v subject_a it_o may_v be_v thence_o ready_o infer_v that_o there_o be_v few_o cause_n of_o our_o error_n more_o universal_a than_o the_o contagious_a communication_n of_o the_o disorder_n and_o distemper_n of_o the_o imagination_n but_o we_o ought_v to_o prove_v these_o truth_n by_o example_n and_o experiment_n familiar_a to_o all_o the_o world_n 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parent_n than_o in_o other_o man_n for_o which_o several_a reason_n may_v be_v give_v and_o the_o first_o be_v because_o they_o be_v of_o the_o same_o blood_n for_o as_o parent_n frequent_o transmit_v to_o their_o child_n a_o disposition_n to_o certain_a hereditary_a distemper_n as_o the_o gout_n the_o stone_n madness_n and_o general_o all_o those_o disease_n which_o do_v not_o come_v by_o accident_n or_o from_o some_o extraordinary_a fermentation_n of_o the_o humour_n as_o fever_n ague_n etc._n etc._n for_o it_o be_v visible_a that_o as_o those_o disease_n can_v be_v communicate_v so_o they_o imprint_v the_o disposition_n of_o their_o own_o upon_o the_o brain_n of_o their_o child_n and_o bend_v their_o imagination_n in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o to_o render_v they_o capable_a of_o the_o same_o sentiment_n with_o themselves_o the_o second_o reason_n be_v because_o that_o child_n have_v very_o little_a familiarity_n with_o other_o man_n who_o may_v sometime_o else_o impress_v other_o 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nothing_o yet_o the_o difficulty_n be_v not_o solve_v by_o this_o subterfuge_n for_o we_o ought_v to_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v not_o more_o difficult_a to_o produce_v something_o out_o of_o nothing_o than_o to_o produce_v one_o thing_n out_o of_o another_o which_o can_v at_o all_o contribute_v to_o its_o production_n for_o example_n it_o be_v not_o more_o difficult_a to_o create_v a_o angel_n than_o to_o produce_v he_o from_o a_o stone_n because_o a_o stone_n be_v of_o another_o sort_n of_o be_v whole_o different_a it_o can_v in_o the_o least_o be_v useful_a to_o the_o production_n of_o a_o angel_n but_o it_o may_v contribute_v to_o the_o production_n of_o bread_n gold_n etc._n etc._n for_o a_o stone_n gold_n and_o bread_n be_v but_o the_o same_o thing_n different_o configure_v and_o be_v all_o material_a it_o be_v even_o more_o difficult_a to_o produce_v a_o angel_n of_o a_o stone_n than_o to_o pronuce_v he_o out_o of_o nothing_o because_o to_o make_v a_o angel_n out_o of_o a_o 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