Chap V. ANTIENT METAPHYSICS. 29 'M 



tion of Metaphyfics, and the fcicnce of Generals, and is, I believe, 

 as antient a piece of philofophy as any in the world, being taken by 

 Ariftotle from the School of Pythagoras, and brought by Pythagoras, 

 as I believe, from Egypt. Now, I would defire to know, to which of 

 thefe nine clafles Space belongs ? Is it quantity ? Dr Clarke, as he 

 makes it an attribute of the Deity, will certainly fay that it is not. — Is 

 it quality? If it be, I defire to know what quality it is, whether co- 

 lour, figure, hardnefs, foftncfs, &c. — Is it doing or fuffering ? I need 

 not go through them all : And I fhall only mention one more, 

 which may feem to include fpace, and that is the category ofichere: 

 But it denotes place, and fignifies the relation that any portion of 

 fpace has to the body which occupies it ; fo that it falls under one 

 of the three relative fignifications which I have afligned to fpace. 



But there is one argument which to me is demonftration, that it 

 is neither fubftance nor accident ; and it is this, that it has no place ; 

 for every thing exifting, whether Subftance or Accident, mufl exift 

 in fome place, the Subftance primarily occupying the place, and the 

 Accident fecondarily, as being in the Subftance. In fhort, every 

 thing exifting muft exift fomewhere. Novvr, I defire to know, Where, 

 or in what place, does fpace exift ? And I fay it has no place itfelf, 

 though it be the place of every thing elfe ; for it is impoffible there 

 can be a place of a Place, becaufe that would go on in injinitum ; from 

 whence I conclude, that Space having no place, is no real Being ; 

 becaufe every Being, whether Mind or Body, or the Accidents of 

 Mind or Body, muft be fomewhere. 



To make this matter ftill clearer, if poflible, let us fuppofe that 

 nothing exlfted, neither Mind nor Body, I fliould defire to know. 

 What Space would be upon that fuppofition ? or. Whether it would 

 be any thing ? And, Whether it would not be ftridly true, what e- 

 very man would fay, who has not confounded his head with mo- 

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