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organs, which the Animal Life cannot j and why not without the 

 internal ? And, if the one belongs not to the Intelled, why ihould 

 the other ? Nature, indeed, has^ fo connedled our Intelledtual with 

 our Senfitive part, that the former cannot operate, or even exift, in 

 ihis compound of Body and Mind, if the latter be deftroyed, or 

 very much difordered. But the fame may be faid of the Vegeta- 

 ble part of us : And yet, who will fay, that the Intellect operates 

 by the fame power which makes us grow and nourifties usj though 

 it be no doubt true, that, for the fupport of our wonderful compo- 

 fition, it is neceffary that we fhould grow and be nourished ? — Fur- 

 ther, we know, that in part, at lead, the Senfitive Nature in us may 

 be deftroyed, and yet the Intelledt operate. If a nerve is cut, the 

 member below that nerve will have no fenfation ; yet we ftiall con- 

 tinue to think as before : And the fame is true of the Vegetable 

 life ; for, if an artery is ftopt, and the blood ceafes to circulate in 

 any member, that member will foon be corrupted, and, though it 

 Ihould be cut off, our reafoning faculty will not be impaired. 



The truth, therefore, appears to be, that, if our compofition be 

 wholly diflblved, by the total deftruflion, or great derangement, of 

 the animal and vegetable life, the intelledual part cannot exift in 

 the ftate it is here in, and therefore cannot a£t ; But, becaufe the 

 prefervation of its union with the Animal and Vegetable Life is 

 neceffary for its prefent exiftence, we are not from thence to infer, 

 that it operates by them ; for air and food are neceffary for its exift- 

 ence in this ftate, and yet it certainly does not operate by their means. 



But, 2^0, Though I fhould admit that the Intelle<h: cannot operate 

 without the internal organs of the Body, ftill, it is true, that it can 

 operate without the external ; fo that this difference ftill remains 

 betwixt Ideas and Senfations. And, though all the fame organs 

 were neceffary for both, which is certainly not the cafe, that would 



not 



