Chap. IX. ANTIENT METAPHYSICS. 44r 



II A P. IX. 



Recapitulation of the Contents of the preceding Chapters. — The Diflinc~ 

 tion betivixt Mind and Body, and the different Natures of each., 

 the Foundation both of Theology and Natural Philol'ophy, — the one 

 adtive, the other paflive. — This the mojl ancient Philofophy known 

 in the World. — The Foundation of MateriaJifm, that Body // both 

 adive and paflive. — Materialifm, the Philofophy of the Scnfcs. — 

 Ariftodemus'j Converfation with Socrates. — The Materialift, if he 

 reafon confequentially, will not admit that his own Body // moved 

 by his Mind. — Dr. PrieflJey, in deiiying this^ reafons cotfequentially. 

 — He a perfeSl Materialifl: ; others but Demi-Materialifls. — Of the 

 difficulty in conceiving Invifible Powers. — All Powers invifible. — 

 Mr. Locke'j Philofophy., of the poffibility rf Matter thinking, has 

 laid the Foundation of all our Materialifm. — The great Progrefs of 

 Materialifm of late Tears. — This owing to Experiments without 

 Philofophy. — Thefrjl Experimenters in Europe not Materialifts, bc- 

 caufe they were Philofophers. — The Propenfity of our Philofophy to 

 Mechanfni^ accounts for the favourable reception both ofDes Cartes'/ 



Syilem and Sir Ifaac Newton'j- The latter can fand its Ground 



without the ajjifance of the Mechanical Philofophy. — All the Cpi- 

 nions enumerated^ that can pofftbly be concerning the Motion of the 

 Celeftial Bodies. — Firft Opinion^ that Body monies itfelf. — Tins the 

 DoElrine of the Antient Materialifts and h.'uKxQ^^.^The mofl fimplc 

 of all the Hypothefes concerning the Motion of the Celeftial Bodies, 

 irreconcileable with the Compoftion of their Motion fuppofd by the 

 Newtonians. — Second Hypothcfts., that the Planets are moved by 

 Mind only. — This Hypothefts as ftmple as the Nature of Things will 



permit. 



