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Causes they must be, and better known, and prior in time, causes,

because we then know when we are acquainted with the cause, and

prior, if causes, and known beforehand, not merely comprehended

in idea but known to exist (The terms prior, and better known,

bear two senses for prior by nature and prior relatively to

ourselves are not the same, nor better known by nature, and

better known to us I mean, by prior and better known relatively

to ourselves, such things as are nearer to sensation, but

abstractedly so such as are further Those are furthest which are

most universal those nearest which are particulars, and these are

mutually opposed.)