Chap. V. A N T I E N T M E T A P H Y S I C S. " 2jj 



Intelle£t is undoubtedly tnje of ine Pnaatafia ; anu i would have the 

 propofition altered in this manner, Nihil ejl in Phantafia^ quod non 

 ,'uit in Senfu. It is evident, therefore, that this faculty bckMigs to 

 the animal part of our Nature, and is, as I have fhown in the Firfl: 

 Volume *, an eflential part of it ; fmce, without it, the Animal 

 could not fubfift, nor perform the fundions for v/liich Nature has 

 deftined it. 



There is, with refpedt to the Operations of the Phantafia in Man, 

 a diftindion to be made, which ought to be carefully attended to ; 

 and it is this. Sometimes we perceive the illufion of thofe fairy 

 fcenes in our Imagination, and fometimes we do not. The former 

 is generally the cafe when we are awake ; the latter when we are a- 

 fleep. I will begin with applying this diftindlion to our waking i- 

 maginations. 



That there is a principle within us, fuperior both to Senfe and 

 Imagination, is what cannot be denied by any man who deferves 

 the name of a philofopher. This principle, which I call Intelkfl^ 

 is the governing principle of our Nature. It therefore corrects the 

 appearances, both of Senfe and Imagination. And, particularly, 

 with refpeck to the Imagination, it informs us, when we are awake, 

 that the Scenes, it prefents to us, are no better than the fcenes 

 of a play, with which we may be amufed and entertained, but 

 ought not to believe them to be realities. 



Of thefe reprefentations of the Phantafia when we are awake, 

 we ought to diftinguifh two kinds. The firft is of thofe which de- 

 pend upon our Will, and of which we may be faid to be the poets 

 or painters ourfelves. Of this kind are all the works of Fancy 

 Vol. XL Gg and 



* Vol. I . page 90. 



