CONTENTS. 



i,!h. Neither muft they be altogether dilTerent. — 5/^, There muft be loniethmg 

 Principal, to which all the other Thhigs are fubordinate.— 6//-, The Syilem muft 

 not be infinite.— i>T///)', It muft be governed by General Laws. — ^The extent of the 

 Syftem of the Univerfe beyond our conception — but we may difcover what is Prin- 

 cipal in it.— It muft be governed by Cxcd and general Laws, operating conftantly 

 and regularly. — Impoflible for us to difcover all the connexions and dependencies 

 of the Univerfe ; — but, from what we know, we are to argue to what wc do not 

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CHAP. in. 



Oi the Sydem of the Univcd'e.— There can be no Sylleni of Individual Things with- 

 out order and arrangement. — All things in the Univerfe confift of Genufes, Spe- 

 ciefes, and Individuals. — Thefe have the moft intimate connexion with one- another, 

 the Genufes being ABually comprehended in the Species, and Virtually comprehend- 

 ing them ; — and upon this connecTtion the Science of Logic depends. — lUuflration of 

 this by Suhjlancey Body, Jnimaied Body, and Animal. — The ten Categories of Ar- 

 chytas the higheft Genufes, and the bounds of the Univerfe. — Excellence of Archy- 

 tas's work. — Of the connexion of the parts of the Univerfe with one another. — 

 The higher Genufes both contain and ai-e contained in the lower. — The fame the 

 cafe of Speciefcs ; — and alfo of Individuals. — A Syflem not only in Genufes and 

 Species, but in Individuals. — Couclufion, The Univerfe is the moft perfeft Syftem 

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CHAP. IV. 



A Syftem perceived by us both' in Generals and in Particulars ; — but many Syftems in 

 the Univerfe which are not perceived by us. — The Categories a grand Syftem, com- 

 prehending Subjlanca and all their Accidents. — Subftances exift by themfelves : — 

 Accidents are neceflarily connected with other things — The Categories comprehend 

 all things in the Univerfe. — The Accidents numbered by Archytas, but not the 

 Subftances. — Thefe, though not infinite, exceed our capacities to number. — They 

 are either Material or Immaterial. — ^The Material Comprehended in the Animal, 

 Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms. — Of thefe the two firft are Organized ; the laft 

 not. — Immaterial Subilances comprehended in the Intellei^ual, the Animal, the Ve- 

 getable, and Elemental Minds. — All the things of the L^niverfe moft intimately con- 



nefted 



