398 On Naturul mutJfmahF'hilomph};: 



be perfected ; as this ipitincrple,vi'2?.< law' fekw 

 ineiitary toiistrtutiosiii every bein*^^ is Common 

 to mind :ia«d lhe:^ubji>ct^ 6f ntOral' lh(*fe'is, 

 there can be, ' T>o other' means of arriving atl^ 

 truth of nature in this interesting subject,. 'btat 

 by the same analytic process as* in all the de- 

 partments ^of. natural j>hiiosophy. We mwd 

 admit' that th^nea^ an- el^meotar3{ principli^'^ 

 moral in the ^mind of man?, aiid t« discover' th(i 

 character of this principle, we must atte^mpt 

 what I have observed to be so s^utCGessfulIy'^ac^ 

 complished in the philosophy of matter.'' -We 

 must callect all the; phenomena rf the btnnan 

 mindjthe great facts, which coostitiiteth^^history 

 of man ; we must compare, digest these facts ; 

 arrange them in classes ; separate tho^e whiijh 

 are consequent from those which are priitiary, 

 "which have no antecedent;; and thus agcenldtQ 

 those qualities which constitute the elementary 

 nature of mind, w^hich reveal the ^wiW ©F its 

 author, and which, if in this analysis any rule 

 can be discovered for assigning to each prihiary 

 quality its respective place of worth 'and dig- 

 nity, will, in every application] 'fix the 

 'standard, and pronounce tlie judgment' ''6f 

 moral. 



It may be thqught by some, that the whole 

 of this essay is unnecessary^ because they have 

 .nwer cntcrteijied the Idea of philosophising in 



