VOL. 1.
OF THE
UNDERSTANDING.
ADVERTISEMENT.
My design in the present work is sufficiently explain'd in the Introduction. The reader must only observe, that all the subjects
I have there plann'd out to myself, are not treated of in these two volumes. The subjects of the Understanding and Passions
make a compleat chain of reasoning by themselves; and I was willing to take advantage of this natural division, in order to
try the taste of the public. If I have the good fortune to meet with success, I shall proceed to the examination of Morals,
Politics, and Criticism; which will compleat this Treatise of Human Nature. The approbation of the public I consider as the
greatest reward of my labours; but am determin'd to regard its judgment, whatever it be, as my best instruction.
