CONTENTS. 



uiortallty of Immaterial Sabftances from their having no parts. — Animals and Vege- 

 tables only eternal by Generation. — Change univerfal in the Material World. — The 

 change in the World of Spirits only as to their qualities. fage H4 



CHAP. IV. 



The Animal Nature endowed with a Principle of Motion and Perception ; — capable of 

 Pleafure and Pain, Happincfs and Mifery ; — inhabits Organized Body. — FirJ} rank 

 of Beings Intelkclual. — Second, Senfttive. — Third, pofleffing the Power of Motion ; 

 fuch as Vegetables, and Bodies commonly, though improperly, called Inanimate. — 

 Impoffible to fet bounds to the variety of Speciefes in the Univerfe, but by the im- 

 poffibility of their exiftence. — Only one Being of perfedl Intelligence, — different de- 

 grees of imperfe(ft Intelligences ; — Man the loweft of thefe. Page 1 28 



CHAP. V, 



Of the Happinefs of the Animal Race In particular : — It only capable of Happincfs or 

 Mifery — Divifion of Animals into Intelleftual and Senfitive. — Man both Senfitivc 



and Intelleftual. — Pleafure the fource of Happinefs Pleafures of the Mind greater 



than thofe of the Body :— The fame the cafe of Pain — ^The moft perfect Animals 

 moft Happy ; — for their ufe other Animals intended : — Yet every Animal as Happy 

 as his nature will admit ; — otberwife the Univerfe not a perfect Syftem. Page 132 



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 CHAP. VI. 



Inquiry into the Happinefs of Man. — He was the laft of God's works, and is an Epi- 

 tome of the Creation, — proper that he fhould be the Governing Animal on Earth . 



His prefent milery no objcdion to the perfeftion of the Syftem of the Univerfe, he 

 having changed his Nature and fallen from a more perfedl ftate.— The Goodnefs of 

 God not to be judged of by the prefent flate of Man. Page 135 



CHAP. VII. 



The Queflion of the Origin of Evil, ftated by Plato but not folved This di-feft fuo- 



plied by our Religion. — It arofe from our Pride and Self-conceit. — Mofes's account of 



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