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<head | <head>Sect. I. Law in General. 5</head> | ||
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<p>for the Law | <p>for the Law giver is somewhat curious: Beside man, the following | ||
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are the set of "inferiors" he has given him already to talk to write or — | are the set of "inferiors" he has given him already to talk to write or — | ||
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to make signs to: He has given him in the first place all sorts of — | to make signs to: He has given him in the first place all sorts of — | ||
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things that are moveable, gravitating, visible, and susceptible of < | things that are moveable, gravitating, visible, and susceptible of <sic>mechanisim</sic>: | ||
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and in particular (as we shall see presently <add> | and in particular (as we shall see presently <add>[as we have seen already)</add>] amongst the | ||
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rest all animals and vegetables by name. | rest all animals and vegetables by name. This being the case with | ||
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the word ["prescribed"] and ["dictated"] the best that can be said of them | the word ["prescribed"] and ["dictated"] the best that can be said of them | ||
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is that they have no meaning; <add>and it was this no-meaning</add> that our Author seems to have depended | is that they have no meaning; <add>and it was this no-meaning</add> that our Author seems to have depended | ||
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on to save them from being seen to have a false one. | on to save them from being seen to have a false one. That Clocks — | ||
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have Laws <hi rend='underline'>prescribed</hi> or <hi rend='underline'>dictated</hi> to them: is a proposition, which | have Laws <hi rend='underline'>prescribed</hi> or <hi rend='underline'>dictated</hi> to them: is a proposition, which | ||
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so long as men content themselves with sounds <add>without sense</add> | so long as men content themselves with sounds, <add>without sense</add> may pass for true: | ||
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but so soon as any precise import is given to these words, must be | but so soon as any precise import is given to these words, must be | ||
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seen plainly to be false. | seen plainly to be false.</p> | ||
<p><note>Genus x<!-- letter x (as in word expect (same line), or symbol? --> Species.</note> What is said of Law in general, we naturally expect to find agree — | <p><note>Genus x<!-- letter x (as in word expect (same line), or symbol? --> Species.</note> What is said of Law in general, we naturally expect to find agree — | ||
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with each sort of Law in particular: For what agrees with the Genus | with each sort of Law in particular: For what agrees with the Genus | ||
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agrees with every Species. | agrees with every Species. <del>There is not a</del> <add>No</add> Rule of Logic better known | ||
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and untutored common sense bears testimony to the justice <add>truth</add> of it.</p> | |||
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For it is but a declaration of the sense that all mankind who care | For it is but a declaration of the sense that all mankind who care | ||
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the words Genus and species, and know what they are saying, put up | the words Genus and species, and know what they are saying, put up | ||
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on those words. | on those words. A thing that is given for a Law is not a species of Law | ||
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if any thing that can be said of Law in general, that is of all Laws | if any thing that can be said of Law in general, that is of all Laws | ||
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cannot be said of that. | cannot be said of that. A plant that is given for a Rose is not a | ||
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species of Rose, if any thing can be said of the genus <hi rend='underline'>Rose</hi> that is of | species of Rose, if any thing can be said of the genus <hi rend='underline'>Rose</hi> that is of | ||
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all roses, can not be said of that. | all roses, can not be said of that.</p> | ||
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<head>Sect. I. Law in General. 5</head> | <head>Sect. I. Law in General. 5</head> | ||
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Sect. I. Law in General. 5
for the Law giver is somewhat curious: Beside man, the following
are the set of "inferiors" he has given him already to talk to write or —
to make signs to: He has given him in the first place all sorts of —
things that are moveable, gravitating, visible, and susceptible of mechanisim:
and in particular (as we shall see presently [as we have seen already)] amongst the
rest all animals and vegetables by name. This being the case with
the word ["prescribed"] and ["dictated"] the best that can be said of them
is that they have no meaning; and it was this no-meaning that our Author seems to have depended
on to save them from being seen to have a false one. That Clocks —
have Laws prescribed or dictated to them: is a proposition, which
so long as men content themselves with sounds, without sense may pass for true:
but so soon as any precise import is given to these words, must be
seen plainly to be false.
Genus x Species. What is said of Law in general, we naturally expect to find agree —
with each sort of Law in particular: For what agrees with the Genus
agrees with every Species. There is not a No Rule of Logic better known
and untutored common sense bears testimony to the justice truth of it.
For it is but a declaration of the sense that all mankind who care
the words Genus and species, and know what they are saying, put up
on those words. A thing that is given for a Law is not a species of Law
if any thing that can be said of Law in general, that is of all Laws
cannot be said of that. A plant that is given for a Rose is not a
species of Rose, if any thing can be said of the genus Rose that is of
all roses, can not be said of that.
Sect. I. Law in General. 5
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