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METAPHYSICS 



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BOOK I. 



Of the feveral Subftances of which Man is com- 

 pofed, and particularly of the Vegetable Part of 

 his Compofition. 



C H A P T E R I. 



The Univerfe the Syjlcm of Syjiems, comprehending an infinite Num- 

 ber of Syflcms. — Of the Syftems on this Earth, — Man the chief of 

 thefe Syfiems. — Of the gradual Jfccnt of Beings on this Earth. — 

 The Knowledge of Man ahfolutely necejfary for the Knoivledge of 

 God. — Man being a Syficju, mufl be analyfed into the feveral Parts 

 of ivhich he is compofed. — Thefe are three, making ^t he proper Divi- 

 fion of this Work, / . 



TH E proper fubjed of the Firft Philofophy is the Syftem of 

 the Univerfe, by the ftudy of which only we can have any 

 comprehenfion of its great Author. This to attain, is the ultimate 

 end of all Philofophy, and the pcrfedlion of human nature. 



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