2. The idea of finite easily got.
Finite then, and infinite, being by the mind looked on as modifications of
expansion and duration, the next thing to be considered, is,--How the mind comes by them. As for the idea of
finite, there is no great difficulty. The obvious portions of extension that affect our senses, carry with them into
the mind the idea of finite: and the ordinary periods of succession, whereby we measure time and duration, as
hours, days, and years, are bounded lengths. The difficulty is, how we come by those boundless ideas of eternity
and immensity; since the objects we converse with come so much short of any approach or proportion to that
largeness.
