Chap. XII. ANTIENT METAPHYSICS. 485 



CHAP. XIL 



Of Propofttions, the SiihjeSi of ivhich is a particular Mind. — Mind par- 

 ticular is the SubjeB of hit elk ^ — therefore may be the Siihjetl of De- 

 monjlration — Inflances of Demonfl ration concerning Mind — The Exifl^ 

 ence of that great Mind^ ivhich is the Caufe of all Things^ is demon- 

 frahle — There ive are to feck for the Origin q/" Truth, not in the AIi?id 

 of Many nor in the Material World — // is from God ^/:?^/ Truth dengues 

 its Eternity and Immutability — Truth ivould not be eternal and immii- 

 table^ if the Opinion of Des Cartas ivere true — God is the Fountain of 

 Beauty as ivell as of Truth — The Difference betivixt Beauty and 

 Truth — The IntelleSlual Worlds the perfeSl Model of all Beauty /« 

 Theory — Beauty in Praclice Something moreperfeSifiill — TheUiiiverfe^ 

 therefore^ mofl perfecily beautiful — How far Man can advance in Beau- 

 ty, either Speculative or Praflical — To reduce our Ideas of Beauty to 

 PraflicCy and make a little World of them^ is the great eft Effort of Hu- 

 7nan intelled — The Materials out of ivhich Man makes thefe little H^orlds 

 — His oivn Species the noblefl of thefe Materials — Other Materials of 

 this Creation — fuch as Sounds — Colours — Stone — and Metal — The 

 Gift of Genius befloived but uponfeiv — Whole nations appear to ivant 

 it altogether — One Nation had it in the mofl eminent Degree, 



ALTHOUGH I have faid a great deal of mind^ the reader will for- 

 give me for concluding this book with another chapter upon it, 

 fince I could nototherwifefinifli my dodrine of propofitions, which, he 

 will recoiled, 1 divided into two kinds* i—Thofe of which both 



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» See page 378 — 410 



