Chap. X, A N T I E N T METAPHYSICS. 



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CHAP. X. 



In the Natural State a Difference of Individuals, as -well as in the 

 , Civilized State, —Jll Men born -with Geniufes for different ThinTs, 

 — l^he Wifdom of fame antient Governments in claj/lng Men accord- 

 ing to thefe Differences, — Difference of Bodies in the Natural State. 



— The fame Difference ohferved in other Animals in that State, 



Difference of Minds alfo in the Natural State ; — but the Difference 

 mtfo obfervable as in the Civilized. — This Theory fupported by the 

 Analogy of other Animals, particularly of Horfes,'-Of the Horfes of 

 mble Families in Arabia, -^Whether the different ^alities of Body 

 and Mind go to the Race, — With refpeii to the Body, the ^lali- 

 ties of it go to the Race, both among civilized Men and Savages. 

 — Curious Fa6l related by Hippocrates, — A Difference of Mind alfo 

 both in the Natural and Civilized State. — This an univerfal Laiv 

 of Nature in all the Animal Race. 



I'^HE next thing, I propofe to confidcr, concerning the natural 

 or animal ftate of man, is, Whether there be not a difference 

 betwixt the individuals of the fame country and climate ; and Whe- 

 ther that difference do not go to the race j or, in other words, Whe- 

 ther the diftinQion of birth and family, of which we hear fo much, 

 be not merely a political diftindion, without any foundation in Na- 

 ture ? 



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