All our pure or distinct ideas are independent of senses. Thoughts always correspond to some sensation(LE119)
All our pure or distinct ideas are independent of senses. Thoughts always correspond to some sensation(LE119)
The true sign of a clear and distinct notion is one’s having means for giving a priori proofs of many truths about it(LE219)
An Idea is clear when it allows one to distinguish the thing from other things(LE254)
On Locke’s account, Gottfried Leibniz doesn’t see how to distinguish a distinct idea from a clear one so he follows Descartes’ usage(LE256)
A regular thousand sided polygon is known just as distinctly as is the number 1000 because in it one can discover and demonstrate all sorts of truths(LE261)
The clear image that one may have of a ten-sided figure does not reveal the nature and properties of the figure, that requires a distinct idea(LE262)
Confused ideas are those which represent the universe, while distinct ideas, from which necessary truths are derived, are a representation of God(pl178)