Ideas, Signs, Knowledge

No. 174

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

TERMS & REFERENCES

Term Set A: ideas sense knowledge

Term Set B: signs apprehension

Max Distance Between Terms = 10

Reference List A/B

WJEO 1:133 - Freedom of the Will
WJEO 1:142 - Freedom of the Will
WJEO 1:148 - Freedom of the Will
WJEO 1:350 - Freedom of the Will
WJEO 1:361 - Freedom of the Will
WJEO 2:134 - Religious Affections
WJEO 2:275 - Religious Affections
WJEO 2:337 - Religious Affections
WJEO 2:453 - Religious Affections
WJEO 4:126 - The Great Awakening
WJEO 4:208 - The Great Awakening
WJEO 4:386 - The Great Awakening
WJEO 4:387 - The Great Awakening
WJEO 6:375 - Scientific and Philosophical Writings
WJEO 6:386 - Scientific and Philosophical Writings
WJEO 7:183 - The Life of David Brainerd
WJEO 7:222 - The Life of David Brainerd
WJEO 7:288 - The Life of David Brainerd
WJEO 13:175 - The "Miscellanies," a-500
WJEO 13:247 - The "Miscellanies," a-500
WJEO 13:348 - The "Miscellanies," a-500
WJEO 13:510 - The "Miscellanies," a-500
WJEO 14:74 - Sermons and Discourses, 1723-1729
WJEO 17:413 - Sermons and Discourses, 1730-1733
WJEO 18:176 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:456 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:457 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:458 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:459 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:460 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:465 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 22:88 - Sermons and Discourses, 1739-1742
WJEO 22:307 - Sermons and Discourses, 1739-1742
WJEO 23:116 - The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO 24:235 - The "Blank Bible"
WJEO 24:573 - The "Blank Bible"
WJEO 25:510 - Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758

Reference List B/A

WJEO 2:226 - Religious Affections
WJEO 2:444 - Religious Affections
WJEO 2:481 - Religious Affections
WJEO 2:496 - Religious Affections
WJEO 6:348 - Scientific and Philosophical Writings
WJEO 7:295 - The Life of David Brainerd
WJEO 8:617 - Ethical Writings
WJEO 13:508 - The "Miscellanies," a-500
WJEO 14:75 - Sermons and Discourses, 1723-1729
WJEO 16:168 - Letters and Personal Writings
WJEO 17:419 - Sermons and Discourses, 1730-1733
WJEO 18:126 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:128 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:452 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:454 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:455 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:456 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:457 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:458 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:459 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:460 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:464 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 18:465 - The "Miscellanies," 501-832
WJEO 19:363 - Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738
WJEO 22:88 - Sermons and Discourses, 1739-1742
WJEO 23:436 - The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
WJEO 24:906 - The "Blank Bible"
WJEO 25:510 - Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758
WJEO 25:625 - Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758
WJEO 25:629 - Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758
WJEO 25:633 - Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758