CONTENTS. 

 CHAP. V. 



or space — Spaa a third thing in Nature befides Body and Mind, according to fome Phi- 

 lofophcrs — According to Epicurus, Space and Body the only two things in Nature — 

 Strange Confcquences from the Notion of Space being a thing exifting by itfelf— 

 Space maintained by the modern Theifts not to be a Subftance, but a Quality of Di- 

 vinity — Strange Confequenccs of this Notion — If it be true, intirely a modern Dif- 

 covery — If Space be any thing, it muft be either Subjlance or Accident — not Suhjiance 

 not Accident — not mere Capacity — which is nothing — Space fuch a Principle of Na- 

 ture as AriJlotWs Privation — Space has no Properties — Not extended therefore, nor, 

 properly fpeaking, meafured— Duration, Time, Eternity, no Properties of things, 

 though neceflary for their Exiftence. Page 25 



CHAP. VI. 



Proved that Body cannot move itfcif— Objeflions anfwcred from the Intelleftual Mind, 

 which can reflect upon itfelf — Two Authorities quoted for this Opinion ; one from 

 yirijiotle, and one from 77;^»///?;«i— If Matter moves itfelf, there muft be Intelligence 

 in Matter, as well as Self-Motion — If the Mover and moved be different, there cannot 

 be an infinite Series o( Movers, of Caufes, and EfFeiSls — Still lefs, if the Movement 

 be circular— If Body cannot aft, it cannot think — To think, therefore, contrary to 

 its Nature — Deficiency of Dr. C/ar^^'s Argument againft Matter moving itfelf, fup- 

 plied— Dr. Pric/r/ey's Notion of Matter ftill more extraordinary than the Notion of 

 thofe who fay that it moves itfelf — Of the Hypothefis of Body moving Body by other 

 Bodies interpofed — If Body is moved by a vis infita, it muft be intelligent — Body and 

 Mind petfe&\y difcriminated by the Definition given of them. p. 34 



CHAP. VII. 



Of the Immateriality of Mind — Difficulty to conceive an immaterial Subftance — This 

 to be done by the Method oi Abjlraiiion, as we conceive a Point, Line, Sic. ~ Power, 

 Energy, Activity, eflentlal Qualities of Alind — That Power beft feen in Motion — 

 therefore Mind defined by the Poiucr of moving — Confcquences of Mind being an im- 

 material Sub/lance— hz% no Parts — is indivifible, and immoveable — Another Confe- 

 quence is, that AIi?id moves Body in a Manner quite diftl-rent from that in which 

 Body moves Body — It moves unorganized Bodies in the fame Manner as it moves Ani- 

 mals and Plants — The Deity cannot be fuppofed to move Body in that Way — Reafon- 



ing from Analogy on that Subjefl: Mind moves Body in a Manner quite different 



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