430. ANTIENTMETAPHYSICS. Book V. 



CHAP. VIL 



Of the Nature of Reafonlng by Induction — This Reafoning ufed both in 

 Natural Philojophy^ and in the ordinary Affairs of Lije — From this 

 Way of reafoning in Natural Philojophy, the Laivs of the Motions of 

 Bodies are inferred — From theje La'dos ive reafoft doivnwards, and 

 demon/Irate — This is the Science of modern Natural Philojophy — The 

 Evidence of thofe Laivs of Nature fery different pom that of Axiomt 

 ^—The Reafonfor our Belief in thefe Laivs tuuotold — Eve^y Lxperi^ 

 mental Philofopher is, injome rejpccl, a The iff ^ though he may not 

 knouu it — Of InJuSlion in the common Affairs of Life — of the fame 

 Kind ivith lndu6lion in Natural Philofophy, but not near jo cettani^-^ 

 Reafon of the Difference — Speculations concerning the Duratvm of this 

 Syjiem of Nature and of Man do not belong to this Part oj the Work, 



AS from many individual material things we form ideas, or ge^ 

 neral ideas, as they are commonly called, fo, from many pro- 

 pofitions concerning fuch things, we form general conclufions ; and I 

 propofe, in this, chapter, to inquire concerning the nature of this kind 

 of evidence. It is a manner of reafoning, well known by the name of 

 Indu^ion; by which, having difcovered, by experience and obferva- 

 lion, that a propofition, affirming or denying fuch or fuch a quality 

 of a particular material thing, is true of a great number of particulars 

 of the fame fpecies of things, we infer that it is true of all ; and we 

 alfo infer, that it not only is fo at prefent, but will continue to be fo 



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