Chap. IV. ANTIENT METAPHYSICS. ^ 



CHAP. IV. 



Of the Oredic Powers of Man and Brute. — Thefe mujl correfpond to 

 the Gnoftic Powers. — 'Ihe Gnoftic Power in the Brute only one, 

 njiz. Senfe. — The Gnoftic Power in Man twofold, Senfe and In- 

 telledl. — 7'i6^Derires ariftngfrom Senfe, Appetite a«i Anger. — The 

 Defire of the Intelle£lual Nature is the Defire o/* Knowledge. — 

 This diftinguijhes Msin from Brute. 



IN the preceding Chapter, I have treated of the Gnoftic Faculties 

 of the Man and Brute : In this Chapter I propofe to treat of the 

 Gredic Powers of each ; and I hope to {how, that Man differs as 

 much from Brute in thefe as in the others. And, indeed, if Man 

 had no other appetites and defires, and, confequently, no other en- 

 joyments, but what the Brute has, he could hardly be efteemed a dif- 

 ferent animaL 



And here I muft entreat the reader, if he thints it worth his while 

 to accompany me any further in thefe Metaphyfical inquiries, to 

 caft his eye back to the Seventh Chapter of the Second Book of the 

 Firft Volume, page no. and fubfequent pages, where he will find 

 the dodtrine of the Gnoftic and Oredic Powers of the Human Mind 

 laid down in a more full and accurate manner, if I do not deceive 

 myfelf very much, than in any other book, antient or modern, that 

 I have feen. The fum of what is there faid is, that there are two 

 Gnoftic Powers belonging to Man, viz. Senfe, under which I com- 

 prehend the Imagination or Phantafia, it being, as I hold it, a kind of 



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