PHL100Y1 Lecture : Passage Analysis.docx
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P1: covenants in the state of nature are just words and cannot bind men"s passions, ambitions, etc. P2: in the state of nature, where men are all equal, men are judges of their own fear or case. P3: there is no reason to perform first in the state of nature, and is contrary to nature. Sub-conclusion: in condition of nature, covenants are void. C: in order to enforce covenants, one needs a common power (if there is a common power set over both of them, it is not void) P2: easier to make mistakes with ideas and use ideas without determinate meaning. P3: all impressions or sensations, either inward or outward, are strong and vivid. P4: it"s harder to make mistakes and impressions have a determinate. P5: all determinate ideas are good, solid, reasonable ideas. P6: all ideas with meaning come from impression. C: if we can find an impression to correspond to an idea, it has no meaning.
