CONTENTS. 



to the Mind as well as to the Body Phllofophy the Author's greateft Pleafure in his 



old age. — This Philofophy from Greece and Egypt. — Cultivated by Families of 

 Priefts in Egypt, and by Sedls of Philofophers in Greece; — there ftudied by Young 

 Men as well as Old. — From Greece it went to Rome, but did not make fuch pro- 

 grefs thtre. — To be better learned now from the Greek Commentators upon Arifto- 

 tle, of the Alexandrian School, than from Cicero and Seneca. — The Romans excel- 

 led only in Arms and Government ; — inferior to the Greeks in Language and the 

 Writing Art. — Their Hiftory better learned from the Haiicarnaffian and Polybius 

 than from Livy. — Their moft valuable literary work the Corpus Juris. — The prof- 

 pc(Sl: of a much happier Life in the next World ; and a defire, when we become old, 

 to be delivered from the burden of this Body, added to the Pleafures already e- 

 imnierattd, compleat the eijoyment of the Summum Bomw:, and render us as happy 

 as we can be in this ftate of Trial a: d Pilgrimage. — Conclufion of the Comparifon of 

 the Natural with the Civililed State of Man — With refpeft to the Body, the Natu- 

 ral State preferable :— With refpeft to the Mind, the Civilifed. — The Civihfed, 

 therefore, the happier State when Governed by Philofophy and Religion, p. 218. 



CHAP. XV. 



Obfervations on the difference betwixt Man and other Animals. — Intelligence, which 

 is peculiar to Man, thecaufe of that difference — Brutes and other Animals only fen- 



fitive Mr Locke, by confounding Senjations with IdeaSy has confounded InttUigetice 



with ^enfcy and confequenily given laeas ox Knoivledge \q -nW K\\\\W7\%, — i hat the 

 Brute has a comparative faculty, admitted by Anftotle. — He compares not only Sen- 

 lations, but the images of fenfible ohjefts in his. Phantafia. — If, therefore, Senfjtions 

 be the fame with Idcas^ he poffeffes the Difcurfive Faculty^ forms Propofition^, and 

 is an Intelledual Creature : — If fuch, his Intdledl mufl be much fuperior to ours -, — 

 his economy agreeable to natur^^^ — does every thing for the prefervation of the indivi- 

 dual ai.d continuation of the Species : — Inftances of this in the Bee and Ant — The 

 Brute is diredled by Intelligence^ but does not act <with InttUigetice, — Confequcce of 

 the contrary fuppolition. — It the Brute has not Ideas, lie cat. not havt .he Difiu.-fwe 



Faculty, forms no opinion of Good or Li — and has not coi.lcioufnelt or r;flc'cti(jn. 



— The Divine Intelligence directs th Brute. — The Author's opinion in thii matter, 



not to be confounded with thofe Philofophers who make Brutes j^m/'/wf/ — The 



Aijmal mind, in the Brute, ciircdtcL. by Ij'vine W'lldom. — ihat direction called /«- 



^m^.— InlUncl in Man alfo.— Itjflances of this. p. 227. 



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