i8 ANTIENT METAPHYSICS. Book I. 



ill Animals is made fubfcrvient to the Animal Oeconomy ; and 

 therefore there is in the Animal a circulation and fecretion of juices 

 which is not in the Vegetable. It is further to be obferved, that the 

 Vegetative Principle, though nccefTarily connected with the Animal 

 and Intelledual, is perfedly diftind from either. For growth and 

 nutrition go on without being perceived by our Intelled, which has 

 no knowledge, or confcioufnefs of it. Neither is it perceived by our 

 Animal or Senfitive part, not being the objed of any fenfe, nor ac- 

 companied with pleafure or pain. And the operations of the two 

 are entirely diftind ; for, by the Animal Principle in us we are mo- 

 ved, and have Senfations, but by the Vegetable we grow and are 

 nouriihed. And, as the operations are diftindt, fo are the organs by 

 which they operate. The Animal Principle operates by nerves, the 

 Vegetable by arteries, veins, and other veffels, with different fluids 

 in them : And their operations are fo diftind; that they may be fepa- 

 rated ; for, if the nerves of any member be cut, or be affed:ed by a 

 difeafe, fuch as a palfey, there will neither be fenfation nor fpon- 

 taneous Motion, in that member, but there will be circulation of 

 the blood in the veins and arteries, and confequently the member 

 will be nourifhed. And, in fome parts of our Budy, there is na 

 occafion for this feparation betwixt the Animal and Vegetable part ; 

 for our hair and nails are entirely Vegetable, without fenfation or 

 voluntary motion. 



The next part of our compofition, afcending ftlll upwards, is the 

 Animal Life. From this Life, as I have faid, we derive Senfation and 

 fpoTitaneous Motion, feel Pleafure and Pain, and are excited to adtion 

 by appetites and defires. It is a moft material part of our compofition, 

 undoubtedly next to the principal, and by many made the principal: 

 For there are many thoufands, even of civilized men, who live 

 chiefly for the fake of the Animal Life, and have little or no 

 enjoyment but from it. But, though we were difpoied to live as 

 we ought to do, if the Animal in us, which, by Nature, is deltined 



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