M.
Mem. Again and again to mention & illustrate the doctrine of the reality of things, rerum natura, &c.
M.
Wt I say is demonstration—perfect demonstration. Wherever men have fix'd & determin'd ideas annexed to [pg 025] their words they can hardly be mistaken. Stick but to my definition of likeness, and 'tis a demonstration yt colours are not simple ideas, all reds being like, &c. So also in other things. This to be heartily insisted on.
E.
The abstract idea of Being or Existence is never thought of by the vulgar. They never use those words standing for abstract ideas.
M.
I must not say the words thing, substance, &c. have been the cause of mistakes, but the not reflecting on their meaning. I will be still for retaining the words. I only desire that men would think before they speak, and settle the meaning of their words.
Mo.
I approve not of that which Locke says, viz. truth consists in the joining and separating of signs.