CONTENTS. 



CHAP. III. 



The Diftin(5^ion betwixt Man and Brute, the Foundation of the Phllofophy of 

 Man. — The Importance of the Qiieftion. — The Decifion of it only to b.e found 

 in Books of Antient Philofophy. — There are only two Powers of every Mind, viz, 

 the Gnojlic and the J^ffive. — M^iti dilTerent from Brute in both. — 7 he Gnomic 

 Poivers of Man and Brute confidered, both as to the Objeds of their Know- 

 ledge, and as to their Manner of knowing or apprehending. — General 

 Divifion of Things in this Univerfe into thofe which have a real Exijlence^ 

 and thofe v/hich have not,~T\\\% Diflinftion further explained. — The Difference 

 fhewn betwixt the Corporeal Forms of Things, and xhi'w Inward Forms or Ideas. -^ 



The former can be apprehended by the 5^^/^ only, the latter by 7;?/^//^^ only. 



Of the Ideas of particular Things, and of General Ideas. — The Intelkfl apprehends 

 only Generals, that is, Things in Syftem, or in Relation to one another. — The 

 Intellc6\ cannot apprehend Corporeal Things, makes itfcif its own Objed. — Of the 

 different Manner in which Senfe and IntelleSi apprehend their Objeds. — Oi the 

 A5live Powers of Man and Brute. — The Purfuits of Intelle£i and Seyife quite dif- 

 ferent. — The Anions oi Man proceed from Opinion, but not the Actions of the 

 Brute. — Yso Conllderation of Ends or Means in the Adlions of the Brute, — Intel- 

 le5l and ^enfe fo different, that they muft belong to different Subftances. — This 

 Diftindllon of Sub/lances in Man, only to be found in Antient Books, — Of the 

 wonderful Things which the Brute does by Inftindl. — Examples of thefe in the 

 Cafe of the Elephant — but all thefe Things done without Intelled. — The Brute 

 has no Conception of Mind, confequcntly has no Ideas \ — in Praiiice, does not a6l 

 from any Opinion of Good or 111. — If he had Intelle<S^, it would be more perfect 

 than the Intellect of Man. — The Brute a<5ts from Injlincl. — Definition of IntelleSf, 

 —This Definition explained. — The Brute, being direiled by Supreme Wifdom, 

 better direded than we are. — The Inftind of Brutes explained from the Motions 

 of Plants, and even of Bodies unorganized. — The Adions of the Brute fhow that 

 he is not aduar^ed by the governing Principle of the Intelledtual Life, viz, the Idea 

 of the Fair and the Handfome. — The Cafe of the Brutes that are domeflicated, fuch 

 as the Dog and the Elephant. — Thefe have fome Appearances of Virtue, fuch as that 

 of Gratitude, but only the Appearance. — One great Difference betwixt the Man 

 and the Brute, that the Alan is diffntified with his Condition, envies and repines, — 

 but the Brute never docs. — This accounted for. — Porphyry, the Philofopher, 

 of Opinion, that the Brutes have Intellefl as well as we. — His Error accounted 

 for. — Of the Oran Outangs of India — believed by all the Indians to be Men — 



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