CONTENTS. 

 C II A P. VIII. 



Dfiiniflion betwixt Philofopby and Jjlrommy — Much Injuflice done to St'n Ijaac Newtoiiy 

 in fuppo'ing that he philofophifed concerning the Caufe of the Motion of the Celejiial 

 Bodies, and had difcovered that Caufe to be Atirankn — Abfurd Ways of Thinicing 



and Speaking thence arifing — Every Mot'mi made to be produced by Juration 



The Motion of a Stone falling to the Ground- Of the Aioon—oi the Tides— oi the 

 Afagnet, &c. — This Syftem of Aitraciion may be more fimplified than it is — Attrac- 

 tion carried through the whole Univerfe ; and different Syftems made to attraff one 

 another — Attraclion faid to be ejfential to Matter — Dr. Priejlley's Notion of AtiraHion — 

 Two Sources of this Error concerning A'tiraSiicf!— The Notion of the Planets being 

 moved by Impulfe of other Bodies, may be an Hypothefis likewife — Reafons for fuch 

 Hypothefis, and for other Hypothefes made by Sir Ifaac — The Difcoveries of Sir 

 Jfaac, now they are made, appear fo natural and obvious, that it feems wonderful 

 they were not fuoner made— The Refemblance betwixt the Planetary Alotion and the 

 Motion of ProjeSliles, has led the Nn'jtonians into Errors ; i;w. To fuppofe that the 

 Planetary Motion was begun by Impulfe, as well as that by Proje£liles \. — 2do, That it^ 

 it was compounded, as they fuppofed that of Proje£liles to be ; -ifio. That the Planet, if 

 not carried on in the ElUpfe, would fall down to the Centre like a Projeiiile — The Er- 

 rors not only (hown, but the Caufes of thofe Errors — This ought to give perfect Sa- 

 tisfadlion — The Conclufions of the Xewtinian AJlronomy may be true, and yet the 

 Principles falfe — The only Confequence of which is, that the Newtonians teach their 

 Syftem in an improper Way — Inftance of a true Conclufion froni falfe Premifes. — 

 This applied to the Newtonians. Page 435 



C H A P. IX. 



Recapitulation of the Contents of the preceding Chapters — The Diftindlion betwixt 

 Mind zni Body, and the different Natures of each, the Foundation both of Theology 

 and Natural Philofopby— the one active, the other pa Jive — This the moft antient Phi- 

 lofopby known in the World — The Foundation of Matcrialifm, that Body is both 

 eSfive and pajfive — Materialifm, the Philofophy of the Senfes — Jrijlodemus's Converfa- 

 tion with Socrates — The Materialiji, if he reafon confequentially, will not admit that 

 his own Body is nooved by his Mind — Dr. Priejlley^ in denying this, reafons confe- 

 quentially — He a perfeft Materialiji ; others but Demi- Materiali/ls—Of the difficulty 

 in conceiving Invlfible Pozvers — All Powers invifible — Mr, Lode's Philofophy, of 

 the Poflibility of Alatter thinking, has laid the Foundation of all our Materialifm — 

 The great Progrcfs of Materialifm of late Years — This owing to Experiments without 

 2 Pbilofophj^ 



