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CHAP. xir. 



The Qccftlon concerning the Parts or the Mind confukred — The Word Part ufed In: 

 feveral Senfes — Whether there be in Man diftind Mental Subftances, or only dif- 

 fe^^nt Qualities of the fame Mind — The vegetative Mind a diftinft fubftance from 

 the Animal or Intellei^ual — The Animal alfo diftind from the Intelledual— All 

 the three form together a wonderful Trinity Page 164 



CHAP. XIII. 



The antlent Philofophers made the diftin£lion betwixt Body and Mind, and believed 

 that both exiflcd — Some of them believed that Mind was Corporeal, and that every 

 Thing elfe was fo — This theToundation of Atheifm— The Belief in Incorporeal Sub- 

 ftances the Foundation of Theifm — Different Manners In which Things exift — In- 

 corporeal Subllance exifts In the moft perfect Manner — Obje£lion to the Exiflence 

 of Immaterial Subftances, that they cannot be conceived — Anfwer to this Objedion 

 twofold— f/ry?. That they can be conceived — Secondly^ If they could not, no Reafon 

 from thence to conclude that they did not exift p. 169 



CHAP. XIV. 



"T'hree Proofs of the Immateriality of Mind in general — the firft taken from the Nature 

 of Motion — the fecond from the Nature of Body — and the third from the Nature of 

 Mind itfelf — The laft a Demonftration ex ab/urdo— the other two a Priori p. 176 



CHAP. XV. 



Proofs in the preceding Chapter a priori — thofe in this Chapter a fojleritrif being from 

 the Phaenomena of Nature — Rule of philofophifing in this Matter the fame as that 

 laid down by Sir Ifaac Newton— Laws of Nature concerning Body — No Vis Jnertiae 

 in Body — on the contrary, a Vis Mobilitatis — The feveral Ways in which Body is 

 moved — Caufe of thefe feveral Motions — One Caufe material, viz. by Impulfe of 

 Body upon Body — Two things required in order that this Caufe fhould operate — 

 No fuch thing as Attra61:ion, properly fpeaking — only a Tendency in one Body to 

 move towards another — Caufe of the Motion of the Celejiial Bodies, according to the 

 New Philofophy, mere Hypothefis— 1 hat Motion nor to be accounted for by external 



Impulfe 



