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The Kings whose product is spoken of are
each of them supposed conceived to be divided into
a certain number of parts: any number
no matter what part of substances they are: degrees
if they are Qualities. The number of
of the parts of one of them taken as
many times as their units in the
if the parts of the other of them if that what number (viz: the which
of the parts is contained of all of them together) that is contained in the Product.
If the nature of the mind were such that
If Pleasures and Pains were started up
in the it without connection: if no one
were the consequence (in the meaning commonly given to the word consequence) of any other: That What has been and is all
we should have to say of them; these above
-mentioned are all the qualities we should have
occasion to notice in them. But this is not
the case. Not that there is any thing else we could say, would a such a supposition be of any use. Pleasures Sensations are connected: by one of them with another they
are connected by things that are the instruments
by actions or other events that are the causes
of them both. If it were otherwise this and
any thing else one could say of them would
be superfluous & to no purpose. It may be of
use to speak of them, because it may be of use
to know how to act concerning them. It may be
of use to know how to act concerning them, because
they are often in our power. They
are often in our Power, because the causes
of them are often in our Power. This by their
being both consequences of some common cause, that
one of them is the consequence of another.
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It is not Body that is multiplied by Body.
It is not Quality that is multiplied by Quality.
It is number that is multiplied by Number.
This expression, it is common as it is, being a
loose and abbreviated one is apt not to be clearly
understood.
Product is the number resulting from the multiplication
of two numbers together. In shortness The Product
The Value of a Pain is an expression
that to some may appear a rather horrible one
. It is not usual The time of Value is usual
usual to apply to other objects those which
are durable. But there is no other that
to it for objects that are the contrary of a contrary .
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