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ty, which the brutes pofTefs as well as we, or the n.uj that is peculiar 

 to man, it is evident, that Aeya« belongs to the gnojlic faculties of the 

 human mind. 



The oreH'ic poivers of the bnitearei as I have obferved, fitly divided 

 into what I call appetite and anger ; for, as the brute has nothing to do 

 here but to nourifh and fupport the individual, and to propagate and e- 

 ducate the fpecies, and likewife to defend hiinfelf and hisofFspring againil 

 danger, and to overcome difficulties, thefe impulfes are fufficient for 

 both thofe purpofes. By the firft, he is diredicd to provide nouri(hment, 

 and every other thing neceflary both for his being and ivell-being : 

 And he is likewife impelled to propagate the fpecies, and to take that 

 care of the offspring which is nccellary for raifing it ; for that c-re^yn, 

 or natural affedion, which is fo ftrong in the brutes, I comprehend 

 under jm.%,«/«, or appetite^ as I tranflate it : And, by the other, he is 

 enabled to defend himfelf againft dangers, to overcome difficulties, 

 and, in fhort, to exert that ftrength of mind, which is neceflary, in 

 fome degree at leaft, for the prelervation of every animal and his off- 

 fpring, 



Thefe are the oreSiic p)Owers of the brute, correfponding to the^w<7- 

 Jlic poivers ; and they are the fame in man, fo far as he participates 

 of the fame animal nature, and has the fame gnojlic poivers. But he 

 has, befides, the fuperior gnoflic faculty of intelleil; and there mufl 

 needs be fome defires and propenfities correfpondiag to this fa- 

 culty ; and, as this faculty is divided ]nio pra^ical and J/jeculativei it 

 is natural to fuppofe that there ihould be the fame number of oreclic 

 poix^ers^ each curreiponding to each of the oti'cr two. What corrc- 

 fponds to x\\^Jpeciilatn>e intelle^^ is the love of knonvltdgc . For, as truth, 

 and the knowledge of the nature of things, is the (>i)jed of this part 

 cl" the mind, and, as it is iinpoflible to fuppofe, that iniellect can adl 

 without fome ixjotive, what n.oves men to fcarch for truth, muft be ilie 

 love ot knowledge : And, accoruingly, Aniiotle has obferved, that, 



not 



