DESCRIPTION: Great part of our thoughts, and the discourse of our minds concerning [things], is without the actual ideas of those things of which we discourse and reason; but the mind makes use of signs instead of the ideas themselves. A little attentive reflection may be enough to convince any one of this. Let any man for his own satisfaction take any book, and read down one page of it as fast as he ordinarily is wont to read with understanding. He finishes perhaps the whole page in about a minute of time, wherein, it may be, were many such terms as "God," "man," "angel," "people," "misery," "happiness," "salvation," "destruction," "consideration," "perplexity," "sanctification," and many more such like. And then let him consider whether he has had the actual ideas of all those things, and things signified by every other word in the whole page, in this short space of time. - WJE 18:452-53
CURRENT TERMS & REFERENCES
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Term Set A: ideas sense knowledge knowledge knowledge
Term Set B: signs apprehension apprehension apprehension apprehension
Max Distance Between Terms = 10
Reference List A/B
WJEO
1:133
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Freedom of the Will
WJEO
1:142
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Freedom of the Will
WJEO
1:148
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Freedom of the Will
WJEO
1:350
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Freedom of the Will
WJEO
1:361
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Freedom of the Will
WJEO
2:134
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Religious Affections
WJEO
2:275
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Religious Affections
WJEO
2:337
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Religious Affections
WJEO
2:453
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Religious Affections
WJEO
4:126
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The Great Awakening
WJEO
4:208
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The Great Awakening
WJEO
4:386
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The Great Awakening
WJEO
4:387
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The Great Awakening
WJEO
6:375
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Scientific and Philosophical Writings
WJEO
6:386
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Scientific and Philosophical Writings
WJEO
7:183
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The Life of David Brainerd
WJEO
7:222
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The Life of David Brainerd
WJEO
7:288
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The Life of David Brainerd
WJEO
13:175
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The "Miscellanies," a-500
WJEO
13:247
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The "Miscellanies," a-500
WJEO
13:348
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The "Miscellanies," a-500
WJEO
13:510
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The "Miscellanies," a-500
WJEO
14:74
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Sermons and Discourses, 1723-1729
WJEO
17:413
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Sermons and Discourses, 1730-1733
WJEO
18:176
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:456
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:457
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:458
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:459
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:460
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:465
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
22:88
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Sermons and Discourses, 1739-1742
WJEO
22:307
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Sermons and Discourses, 1739-1742
WJEO
23:116
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The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO
24:235
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The "Blank Bible"
WJEO
24:573
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The "Blank Bible"
WJEO
25:510
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Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758
Reference List B/A
WJEO
2:226
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Religious Affections
WJEO
2:444
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Religious Affections
WJEO
2:481
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Religious Affections
WJEO
2:496
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Religious Affections
WJEO
6:348
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Scientific and Philosophical Writings
WJEO
7:295
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The Life of David Brainerd
WJEO
8:617
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Ethical Writings
WJEO
13:508
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The "Miscellanies," a-500
WJEO
14:75
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Sermons and Discourses, 1723-1729
WJEO
16:168
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Letters and Personal Writings
WJEO
17:419
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Sermons and Discourses, 1730-1733
WJEO
18:126
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:128
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:452
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:454
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:455
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:456
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:457
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:458
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:459
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:460
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:464
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
18:465
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO
19:363
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Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO
22:88
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Sermons and Discourses, 1739-1742
WJEO
23:436
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The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO
24:906
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The "Blank Bible"
WJEO
25:510
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Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758
WJEO
25:625
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Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758
WJEO
25:629
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Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758
WJEO
25:633
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Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758
CUMULATIVE TERMS & REFERENCES
Term Set A: ideas, knowledge, sense
Term Set B: apprehension, signs
Reference List: 1:133 , 1:142 , 1:148 , 1:350 , 1:361 , 2:134 , 2:226 , 2:275 , 2:337 , 2:444 , 2:453 , 2:481 , 2:496 , 4:126 , 4:208 , 4:386 , 4:387 , 6:348 , 6:375 , 6:386 , 7:183 , 7:222 , 7:288 , 7:295 , 8:617 , 13:175 , 13:247 , 13:348 , 13:508 , 13:510 , 14:74 , 14:75 , 16:168 , 17:413 , 17:419 , 18:126 , 18:128 , 18:176 , 18:452 , 18:454 , 18:455 , 18:456 , 18:457 , 18:458 , 18:459 , 18:460 , 18:464 , 18:465 , 19:363 , 22:88 , 22:307 , 23:116 , 23:436 , 24:235 , 24:573 , 24:906 , 25:510 , 25:625 , 25:629 , 25:633