Chap. II. A N T I E N T METAPHYSICS. 



HAP. II. 



Of the Difference betwixt Man and Brute. — This only to be learned 

 in antient Philofophy^ — hkeiinfe another Di/iiniiion, betxvixt God 

 and Nature. — "The Difficulty of dijlinguijhing Man and Brute ari- 

 fes from the Progrefs of Nature, by degrees, infenftble , from loiver to 

 higher Beings. — The Di/linclion o/" Man and Brute depends 7ipo}i 

 difingui/hing Ideas and Senfations. — Thcfe not confounded in an- 

 tient Philofophy. — Confounded by Mr Locke and by Mr Hume. — 

 The Uje of the Word Idea in antient and Modern Times, — Sofne 

 Ideas certainly not Senfations, fiich as the Ideas of Being, 

 Number, Beauty, Truth ; — bccaife thefe cannot be apprehend- 

 ed by any Senfe. — This is the Do^rine of Plato in the Theaete- 

 tes. — Difficulty of applying this Difinclion to particular Subflances. 

 — This Difficulty fohjcd, by recurring to the original Notion o/^Idea. 

 — It denotes the inward Form of the Thing. — That innvard Form 

 Mind. — This differently exprejed by Plato ^«JAriftotIe.— 77?^ Sul- 

 fations are the outward Appearances or Accidents of Things. — 

 This Difinclion betwixt the two, explained. — Gefieral Obfervations 

 concerning Ideas. — OJ Abflraft, — o/" General Ideas. — Ideas of Sen- 

 fible Qualities, as luell as of Subftances. — The Confequences of 

 maintaining that Ideas are Senfations. — No Stability of Knonvledge 

 tipon that Hypothefis. — This the Do5lrine of Protagoras and Hera- 

 cWtm—fJjould have been the Do5lrine oJ Mr Kume. — Difference be- 

 twixt the Ideas and Senfations o/'particular Subflances, explained.— 

 This Difinclion applied to Animals, Vegetables, and Unorganized 

 Bodies. — Opinion of Savage Nations coticerning the latter. — Of the 

 Dijlin^ion oJ Ideas ^M^f Senfations, in Qualities —^f/? as the Colour^ 



White. 



