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is with refpc£l to Body, that cannot exift where another Body is. 

 As to Mind, we cannot exactly tell how it exifts, only we are fure 

 that it exifts in Space, and even in the fame Space where Body is ; 

 for that is the cafe of Mind animating Body. 



It may be faid that, as I admit that nothing can exift with- 

 out Space, I make it a Property, and a necefl'ary Property too, 

 of every thing. But thofe who make this objedtion do not 

 diftinguifh betwixt a part or property of a thing, and what is 

 only an adjunct or concomitant. An adjundl of a thing may- 

 be abfolutcly neceffary for its exiftence, and yet be no part or 

 property of it. Thus, nothing can exift that is not pojjtble to ex- 

 ift; ihcrefove 3. po//Il?iIity of exiftcnce is a neceffary adjunct cr con- 

 comitant of every Being that exifts ; yet it is no part or property of 

 any Being, nor is it a Being itfelf. Now, Space is a thing of that 

 kind ; for it is a Capacity or PoJiblUty of receiving Being; yet it is 

 no part or property of any Being ; nor is it any Being itfelf. 



If Space be nothing, the confequence ncceflarily is, that not only 

 it is no property of any thing, but it has no property itfelf; and 

 therefore I fay it is not extended, though I know the contrary is 

 commonly believed. But I hold extenfion to be a property of Body- 

 only ; and, if I believed that Space was extended, I fhould alfo be- 

 lieve, as the Cartefians do, that Space and Body were the fame. But 

 as I hold that Matter is a Subftance, of which Extenfion is no more 

 than a Quality or Accident, if I believed that Extenfion was likcwife 

 a quality of Space, I muft believe that Space was a Subftance, as 

 well as Matter ; for ther^ can be no Quality or Accident without a 

 Subftance in which it is inherent. Even thofc, who fliy that Space ' 

 is only a quality, fliould not maintain that it is extended ; for that 



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