^2 AKTIENT METAPHYSICS. Book II. 



C I-I A P. III. 



Obje£tions anfwered. — \fl 0\i]t€t\ox\^That the \r\X.t\\e€t. cannot operate 

 •without at leajl Internal Organs^ fuch as the Brain. — 2d Objec- 

 tion, That the Brute has Senfes,^ Phantafia, and Memory, as ivell 

 as we. — 3^ Objedion, That the Brute knows the Ohje^ls^ that he 

 has feer. before^ to be the fame ; therefore he can Review his oivn 

 Operations. — Ji^th Objedion, That the Brute Compares as luell as 

 we do^ and therefore Reafons. 



T Will now proceed to anfwer fome objedtions that may be maxie 

 •■- to this difference, that I have endeavoured to eftablifh, betwixt 

 Man and Brute, and to explain fome phaenomena of the Brute na- 

 ture, which appear to contradidl my hypothefis. 



In \hefrjl place, it may lie objeded, that what I have faid is not 

 true, that our Intelledual Part operates without the Body ; for, 

 though it may be true, that it operates without the Senfes, yet it cannot 

 operate without internal organs, fuch as the Brain : And, accor- 

 dingly, we find, that any thing which deranges the ftrudure of the 

 Brain puts a ftop to the operations of Intellect. 



My anfw^er is, that this objedlon does not fufficiently diftinguifh 

 betwixt the Animal and Intelledual Life. It is true, that the Ani- 

 mal Life cannot operate without organs, internal as well as exter- 

 nal : But, dees it follow from thence that the foul cannot other- 

 wife operate ? We are fure that it can operate without the external 



organs, 



