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fol. 25v			'Of Ideas of Truth' (Pt I, Sn I, Ch V)  	(3.106)
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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     By a fact of nature . I mean <a> {the} connection ^ {or the contrary} of two ideas.
     <always observed by>
     her .
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fol. 26r		'Of Ideas of Truth' (Pt I, Sn I, Ch V)  	(3.106?)
      
      
      
     		Any statement of a fact. which enables the mind to seize it perfectly and
     accurately . whether the senses do or not . gives us an idea of truth .
     		#56#Without troubling ourselves to go into any very close investigation of the <t>real
 5   force of the word truth ^ {as applied to art} we shall use it in its ordinary signification -
     		The faithful representation - either to the mind or senses of any fact of
     nature.  	
     Prop<erly speaking>  {<A fact is>  By a /} . <t>There can be truth only when ^ {such}
     a connection is implied <to>
     <between two ideas> - that is . when a distinct assertion is made that one idea
10   does <not> or does not . agree with another   If we put a dash of {shapeless} <blue
     pink> upon
     canvass.  we assert nothing .  if we put it into the shape of a cow . we assert a
     		connection between the colour of blue . and the form of a cow . which is never seen
     in nature . and which is therefore a false assertion .  If we put a crooked line on
     		paper we assert nothing . but if we imply by putting a foot at the bottom of
15   it - that it is a line belonging to a mans leg . every bend and angle becomes
     		a separate idea . whose connection with a mans leg becomes either a truth or
     a falsehood.      Every such connection of one idea with one other idea is one
     		idea of Truth .
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